Sydney White

I watched the modern version of the Snow White fairy tale, a movie called Sydney White with actress Amanda Bynes. The story was about a girl going to college trying to join the same sorority that her mother had been a part of, however the president of the chapter played the role of the evil stepmother, refusing to let her in. Sydney takes shelter in "The Vortex," a house on Greek row that's known for "sucking in losers." The seven "dorks" that live there take on the roles of Sleepy, Dopey, Happy, Doc, Grumpy, Sneezy, and Bashful. Sydney eventually runs for president of the school, against Rachel Witchburn, the sorority president who has conquered everything else. Various other illusions, such as Tyler Prince (the boy they're fighting over), a poisoned apple (except it was a virus on an apply computer), and the evil stepsisters, occur in the movie.

I thought this was a very intersting take on the classic Snow White story. It was unique and different in that it was aimed at a teenage audience, not so much a child's audience and the parents reading the stories to them. What I thought was interesting was the choice of Amanda Bynes as the Snow White character- her sense of humor put a twist on the story and created humor throughout the most dreadful parts.