The film continues the deconstruction mode of fairy tales in the first episode, retaining the protagonist and part of the first episode, and adding new fairy tale characters. The location of the story has moved from the village and the castle to the city and the palace. The various parody narratives about the city are to some extent an irony of modern urban society. The most obvious is the Fairy Godmother. Originally, in fairy tales, it was a prize-like figure who brought good luck and realized dreams for people, but now it has revealed the shady behind it: the realization of dreams is not the selfless dedication of the godmother. . The guidance and control of monopoly capitalism on social culture is not so.
Prince Charming in Shrek 2 is useless except being handsome (as a result, in the third episode, he still took advantage of this only advantage:). The contrast between the image of Prince Charming and the monster is to educate American children to admire the beauty of the soul. The beauty of the outer material is of course useful (Shrek is still very exaggerated after becoming a handsome guy), but the inner things are the most. Important-this is the biggest central idea of the entire Shrek series.
In the fairy tale, the cat in boots was originally a useful assistant who could use his brain to help the owner carry out the "peasant uprising", but in Shrek 2, it was stripped by the screenwriter to only its appearance. This cat no longer has any IQ, I think he can be called a swordsman (it has the characteristics of French and Spanish knights). But after all, it is only a supporting role. In addition, what is quite impressive is that it will vomit hairballs: a classic laugh.
Drawing on the king's side of the story of the Frog Prince, it appears to be a sequel to the Frog Prince at first glance, but after thinking about it, I discovered that the spell was not cast by the witch, but the result of the godmother. Seeing that the king and queen accepted Fiona's green skin after the spell was lifted, we knew that the spell Shrek 1 said at the beginning was also cast by the godmother. Therefore, the godmother's son, Prince Charming, was also deceived. In the clues of godmother and king, we have seen two ways parents treat their children’s marriage. This means that as parents take their children to watch movies, they still have to talk about family; as a Hollywood model movie, they still can’t. Don't talk about family.
In short, if Shrek 1 is an experiment to deconstruct fairy tales, then episode 2 is completely demonstrating a grand theme: What is evil?
There was not much written on it, so I had to translate some English materials from the Internet to make up for it: the story of
Fairy Godmother
from Cinderella. The godmother appeared in front of Cinderella, took her to the Wang's Prom, and gave her a pair of glass shoes. When Cinderella put on the glass shoes, she and her shoes suddenly became so beautiful that neither her stepmother nor her two sisters recognized her. But she must leave the prom at midnight.
Prince Charming (Prince Charming)
is a common character in many fairy tales. He is the prince who came to save the girl in distress, and the typical theme is often that he must take on a mission to free the girl from evil spells. Stories like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella all use the same name for this male character: Prince Charming.
The male characters in these stories are usually handsome and romantic, or they are the foil of a heroine, and the storytellers seldom portray them in detail, or it can be said that they rarely associate them with their spouses who are the heroines. Of men are clearly distinguished. Among the theme variations of many fairy tales, this kind of character is not so much a "character" as a gift to the heroine.
Puss-in-Boots
"The Cat in Boots" is a French fairy tale from Charles Perrault's collection of stories. The story tells the story of a cunning and shrewd cat who brought great wealth and good luck to its owner (a poor young man). The cat organized a series of deceptions, so that the young owner became a big landlord and married the king's daughter.
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