The magic mirror might have a new answer to the question of who is the “fairest”—or at least the most villainous—of them all.
Since the March release of Disney’s live-action Snow White, the internet has been ablaze with opinions. While Rachel Zegler’s performance has its defenders, it’s Gal Gadot’s turn as the Evil Queen that is currently trending on X (formerly Twitter) for all the wrong reasons.
But the biggest twist isn’t in the movie itself; it’s happening on TikTok. Fans are looking back three years to the Disney+ sequel Disenchanted and declaring that Maya Rudolph’s Malvina Monroe was actually a “better” Evil Queen than the one we just got.
“Maya Rudolph gave us the camp, the power, and the motive,” one viral TikTok creator shared, racking up thousands of likes. “Gal Gadot gave us… a song about diamonds?”
The comparison highlights a major sticking point for critics: Gal Gadot’s new villain song, “All Is Fair.” While Disney classics like The Lion King used songs like “Be Prepared” to move the plot forward, fans feel Gadot’s number fails to reveal anything new. We learn she prefers diamonds to roses because they don’t wither—a trait that feels a bit “underdeveloped” for such an iconic character.
In contrast, Rudolph’s Malvina Monroe in Disenchanted was a clear homage to the Evil Queen, but with a deadlier edge. While Gadot’s Queen is obsessed with her looks, Malvina used her magic mirror to seek absolute power, eventually threatening the entire magical land of Andalasia.
Social media users are also pointing to the “Badder” musical sequence between Rudolph and Amy Adams as the gold standard for modern Disney villainy. It’s a power struggle that fans say carries way more weight than the “lukewarm” conflict in the Snow White remake.
The confusion doesn’t stop at the music. The ending of the new Snow White has left many viewers scratching their heads. The film establishes that the Magic Mirror can only answer one question, yet the final twist suggests the Mirror’s definition of “fairest” is a trick that essentially eats the Queen alive.
“It’s not even clear how she dies or why she didn’t know what her own mirror did,” one fan wrote on X.
Despite having more screen time than the animated original, Gadot’s Queen feels like a missed opportunity to some. While the remake expanded Snow White’s backstory significantly, fans are wishing a little more of that spotlight had been cast on her wicked stepmother.
With Snow White struggling to cast a spell on the box office, it seems the “fairest” villain title might just stay with Maya Rudolph for now.
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