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That Moana remake looks awful (bad Disney wig meme)

This two-panel edited humor meme jokes about Disney's upcoming live-action remakes of *Snow White* and *Moana*. The top panel edits leaked promotional imagery of Rachel Zegler as live-action Snow White, swapping Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's face onto her body, while the bottom panel edits Dwayne Johnson's image as Maui from the upcoming live-action *Moana*, swapping Rachel Zegler's face onto his body. The top text reads 'Disney really needs to work on their wig design' paired with a skull emoji, tricking viewers into thinking the swapped faces are just poorly designed wigs for a wrong-casting joke, playing into existing online criticism and jokes about Disney's live-action remake character designs.
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Disney really needs to work on their wig design

Overview

This two-panel edited humor meme jokes about Disney's upcoming live-action remakes of Snow White and Moana. The top panel edits leaked promotional imagery of Rachel Zegler as live-action Snow White, swapping Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's face onto her body, while the bottom panel edits Dwayne Johnson's image as Maui from the upcoming live-action Moana, swapping Rachel Zegler's face onto his body. The top text reads 'Disney really needs to work on their wig design' paired with a skull emoji, tricking viewers into thinking the swapped faces are just poorly designed wigs for a wrong-casting joke, playing into existing online criticism and jokes about Disney's live-action remake character designs.

Origin notes

This meme originated on Reddit as a joke reacting to Disney's upcoming live-action remakes of Snow White and Moana, using leaked and promotional images from the films to create a face-swap edit for comedic effect. Its original posted title was 'That Moana remake looks awful 😂'.

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