“After decades of the cold shoulder, why is Snow White suddenly white hot? Maria Tartar is a Harvard professor with an expertise in fairytales. ‘It may be that there is something about the boomer anxiety about aging that is renewing our interest in Snow White,’ she says. ‘In the Disney film, there’s that terrible moment, that terrifying moment when the Wicked Queen drinks the potion, turns into an old hag, and we see the aging process.'”