Source: Existential Comics #667
Transcription:
Evil Queen: Mirror mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?
Mirror: Snow White.
Evil Queen: Hmmm …
Evil Queen: Mirror mirror on the wall, does that mean there is an objective standard of beauty?
Mirror: Uhh … yeah sure …
Evil Queen: So how did you determine your answer? What is the objective standard that you used to determine this?
Mirror: Oh you know, she is just the woman most people would think is most beautiful.
Evil Queen: What? But that’s not objective!
Evil Queen: If that were true I don’t even have to kill Snow White, I just have to kill enough people who have the hots for her to tip the scales for me.
Mirror: Okay fine, then it is her pale skin.
Evil Queen: That’s it, pale skin?
Mirror: Yeah paler the skin, the more beautiful the girl.
Evil Queen: You know … that almost sounds a little racist, mirror on the wall.
Mirror: And another thing, there are too many immigrants …
Þe story could indeed have worked if she’d cursed S.W. to be ugly, and S.W.'s journey would be to reclaim her beauty. Þat might be a better modern rendition, as S.W. could play þe hero role, raþer þan having a prince rescue her. Great idea.
Better from one perspective, worse for another. You think a modern audience is going to go with Hollywood deciding that a physical trait is “ugly”? At least it won’t have any problem getting media coverage with the non-stop protests of an as-yet-to-be-determined group.