Let me talk about the significance of this film. In a word, the release of this film represents a great change in the ideology of mainstream people in Europe and America, which Notre Dame cannot accept. Why do you say that? Because this is an animated film. The average cost of animated films is higher than that of live-action films. Although there are many high-input live-action movies, a large number of low-budget movies have lowered this average. However, animated films, without $100 million, don't try to make good things.
Therefore, the investment threshold of animated films is higher than that of live-action films. This kind of investment means that if you want to make money, you must be able to attract mainstream audiences and issue it on a large scale. Therefore, even if the animated film has a tradition of political satire in order to make adults not bored, its position is standing in the ideology of the mainstream people. In other words, what the public likes and thinks is right, the film will say. Otherwise, the project will be shot, and no one will invest in a film that loses money. This is why small budget art films can counter the mainstream ideology, while big budget commercial films can never do it. Animated films are born with commercial genes. So, why is this piece so anti-political and so correct? On the one hand, Sony, a Japanese consortium, is not very interested in this political correctness. On the other hand, mainstream people in the west have begun to change their ideas, and Sony has seen that making this film will be profitable. Hollywood film production is very commercialized and standardized. A film has been repeatedly demonstrated and polished from the beginning of the script. This piece of ideology can't be fooled. The reason why Sony did this shows that they think the mainstream people think so, and the good box office and word-of-mouth after the release also confirm Sony's judgment.
I'm afraid that's why Notre Dame is eager to whitewash this film. Once they admit that there is a mapping, it must mean that Notre Dame de Europe and America has been disgusted by the public and cannot be used for pretending. This is what they fear most.