71 years later, Disney re-metaphors the current American society with a "Zoo City"-you have to admire the edutainment and fun of "Zoo City". Of course, Disney came to make a commercial film to make money, and there is no evidence. It proves that the main creators want to carry in the film what political ideals/social sentiments are private goods, but "Crazy City" is such a grand background that is full of American social reality, and it settles in cute animations suitable for all ages.
"Animal Farm" portrays a typical "dystopia" (no distinction is made between "dytopia", "heterotopia" and "dystopia" for the time being). The farm where the pig's leadership has been stolen is the reality A dark fairy tale portrayal of the establishment of the centralized rule of humanity in China; while "Crazy Animal City" is the opposite, presenting a modern utopian society to the audience (the English film title Zootopia is a combination of the two words "Zoo" and "Utopia". Combined), from the political spectrum, we can even assert that "Crazy Zoo" is the antonym of "Animal Farm" (I will not distinguish George Orwell's democratic socialism tendency, but only a rough idea here).
Where is the utopia of "Crazy Zoo"? It's the United States. Disney was originally a cultural creator of American utopia, but for residents in modern constitutional society, the United States has long been a true utopia, which does not require Disney to create—for example, the French recognized this early on. After returning to the United States to travel poorly, Weir said in a post. Later, Baudrillard went to the United States to eat and drink with public funds, and he also said that the United States is "a realized utopia."
"Crazy Animal City" illustrates the utopian manual of American society with pleasing and musically dynamic animation scenes—music dynamics are very important. American cartoons represented by Disney have a strong musical/song-dance blood relationship, "Crazy Animals" "City" even vaguely reveals a bit of "Fantasia" at this point.
Judy Rabbit is a girl on a farm in the country-think about "Animal Farm", the animals on the farm can show completely different connotations under different meanings-since she was a child, she began to play the role of "Crazy Animal City" "How to set up a children's stage play.
Don’t underestimate this cute children’s stage play. In fact, the concept of this stage play is the cornerstone of the current American society, or it is a childlike version of the "social contract theory" demonstration. A living drama of the genetic concept of contemporary constitutional society-animals have removed the barbaric "animality", (following the spirit of the contract) and came together to the "Animal Utopia" (Crazy Animal City), almost establishing a world of great harmony.
The "Animal City" shown in the cartoon is so beautiful, so beautiful that it almost makes people believe that Fukuyama's "historical conclusion" makes some sense. There are crimes, bureaucracies, and unfairness here, but in general, no matter what color, gender, or sexual orientation you are-animals with different appearances and habits are obviously the best metaphors-as long as you work hard Struggle, you will surely get the corresponding return.
This is a vivid portrayal of the "American Dream", the glorious and magnificent "Crazy Zoo City" is also the childhood dream of the country rabbit Judy. It seems that the urban-rural difference is also real in the United States. This is quite similar to China, which is vigorously promoting urbanization.
"Crazy Animal City" is full of "politically correct" Yinggeyan dances. At least from the perspective of infrastructure, whether you are a tall giraffe or a stocky rodent, when you take transportation, purchase public services or even daily consumption, There will be no discomfort, and there are always corresponding facilities and sizes that meet your requirements.
I can’t help but think of the ABC’s hit comedy "Alien Neighbors" in the past two years. A group of aliens immigrated to the white community. There were many ridiculous stories, and the aliens all had black or Asian faces— -Obviously, this is a comedicized reflection of the current US immigration problem. In a sense, "ZooCraz" replaces the aliens in "Alien Neighbors" with animals. In fact, it is still focused on American society. Above the multicultural and multiracial issues.
You can even think of Judy Rabbit as an immigrant—she grew up living on a farm far away from Zootown and yearned to be a policeman in Zootown. In this sense, Judy is indeed an immigrant (why Is it a girl? Look at "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" to understand, now if you want to earn US dollars, it is more reliable to set up a female number one).
But Judy did not give people the feeling of immigrants. This is undoubtedly because of her rabbit status. From the beginning of the film, "Crazy Animal City" has been exaggerating the difference between carnivores and herbivores, while in Animal City, Up to 90% of the residents are herbivores, which naturally makes Judy feel the same as the mainstream residents of Zoological City—reflecting reality, it can be said that Judy is a white and a Christian rabbit, of course. The United States is absolutely politically incorrect, and even the Oscars are not nominated for black people.
However, this can also be seen from the painting style and background music. The underworld moles have a strong southern European music style when they appear on the stage, and the leopards in the rainforest are also typical of Latin America. The different sources of animals will naturally be compared with reality by the audience. Lenovo, for example, how could the panda reporting the news not think that it is a Chinese, and the polar bear bodyguard, the mole boss, has the sight of Russian thugs.
In the process of investigating the case, Judy went to different neighborhoods. This is almost a realistic portrayal of the different ethnic communities in the United States. It is estimated that because there is no Chinatown, the feelings of Chinese audiences are not so obvious.
What’s interesting is that the big conspiracy behind the “Zoo City” as a story about police and criminals turned out to be an illegal creation of crises by herbivores, with the intention of inducing the animality of carnivores, thereby creating panic and obtaining most votes for herbivores— -This is a very clever villain's design. On the one hand, there is a flip in the narrative. On the other hand, it also refers to the fate of American democracy: democracy is to prevent the tyranny of the majority.
Many people have always been accustomed to constructing a group of "violent privileged rulers" vs. "moral general public" to confirm the legitimacy of democracy. They do not realize that this is just a populist pseudo-democratic concept. In a sense, this kind of thinking is no different from the slave consciousness of the kneeling ruler—modern dictators are often built on the populist tyranny soil, with the "emperor" enlightenment directly reaching the "people", and the property owners of other classes. They are in the sacrificed landmines every minute, as long as they need to, they will be taken out to sacrifice to the "country\people" at any time. The so-called "have perseverance", in a sense of "hitting local tyrants and dividing fields" In a populist \ dictatorship society, it is absolutely impossible to achieve.
The correct concept should be to tolerate and respect differences as much as possible (to a certain extent, the degree of democracy of a society is measured by its tolerance). Herbivores are the overwhelming majority in "Zoo City". But they must also respect the legal rights of carnivores (of course, including personal rights and property rights). This is the foundation of the "animal utopia" (complex constitutional principles have replaced the simple majority decision of "one person, one vote" here. The method of the US presidential election).
Fully respect the differences of each class and ethnic group and protect their rights, and then give everyone opportunities for personal development on the basis of contract (rule of law), from rights protection to equal opportunities, is such a "crazy animal city" Isn't it a utopia?
As for carnivores that have been awakened to animality, it can be interpreted as all violent attackers who exhibit anti-human behaviors are actually the result of the annihilation of humanity (of course, in "Crazy Zoo", "humanity" is replaced by "socialized animality" ), in the current political context of the United States, it is easy to think of Islamic fundamental terrorists such as ISIS.
For peaceful Christians (herbivores), Islam does have a certain inherent violent aggression (carnivorous). This is by no means a religious attack, but a realistic view of religious texts and rituals. . Islam was born and spread during the war in the Arabian Peninsula under the system of the unity of religion and politics. There are many "outward" aspects in its teachings, which are completely different from the "birth" color of Christianity and Buddhism.
Islam does have a lot of incompatibility with modern civilization, such as requiring women to wear turbans, not revealing their bodies, and polygamy, which objectively exists in many Islamic countries. Judging from the terrorist acts in the current world, Islamists also impressed people the most in the mass media—especially represented by ISIS—thus seeing them as the “carnivores” in the “Crazy Zoo”. For too much.
However, "carnivores" cannot be stigmatized. If individual carnivores start to attack kind herbivores (Christians) indiscriminately, they cannot represent the entire carnivore. Under the powerful concept of building a city in Zoological City, herbivores believe that they can live in peace with them-what a powerful theory, system, and road confidence!
People limit their animality to build an interdependent human society. This is the deepest logic of "Crazy Animal City". Respect differences, protect the rights of each individual, and always be vigilant against doing evil in the name of "majority" (if the conspiracy in the film succeeds, it is almost a copy of Hitler's rise to power through the Weimar constitutional election. Carnivores can easily be interpreted as Jews. Or representatives of the Bolsheviks).
In such an environment, the female rabbit Judy can realize even the tiniest dream, and the bureaucracy that the animal residents in the city resent the most is nothing more than the slow sloth in the vehicle management station-look at the tired thief all day. The dead deputy mayor, how can there be opportunities for corruption and bribery? (In different social systems and people's mentalities, bureaucratic vehicle management agencies may cause completely different consequences. "Crazy City" made us laugh, but "Wild Tales" triggered a terrible murder)
Of course, American democracy is all bourgeois and hypocritical, and our democracy is where the real people are the masters.
My rabbit is mighty!
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