LogFAQs > #962062923

Little people are in a uniquely uncomfortable position representation-wise in this regard because the existing characters can't easily be swapped for the sake of progression / representation the way race can; the 7 Dwarves are either removed (which equals no little person representation), changed into average-sized persons (which equals no little person representation), or left in unaltered (which as that previous tweet alluded to, just reinforces existing stereotypes).

So the only plausible solution is to leave the 'dwarves' as being portrayed by little people, but not address them as such (simply call the movie 'Snow White,' which may already be happened), and don't make any jokes / sight gags at the expense of their stature. This would also involve the removal of things that would reinforce old stereotypes, like the 'Heigh Ho' song. Unfortunately I can't see Disney being fully on-board with it.

Of course I'd prefer to hear Dinklage's proposed solution to the problem, since it wasn't presented in the article (although I'm not personally invested in the issue enough to track down and listen to the entire podcast, maybe he already brought it up). Maybe in this case he would rather have no little people representation rather than potentially-negative representation.