everyone has prejudice

Anais 2022-04-19 09:01:10

From the large, medium and small doors of the train, to the bitten carrot logo on the back cover of the mobile phone, the spoof poster of pirated DVDs, and the gay tiger dancer of sister Zhiling, whether it is a rural rabbit town or a bustling metropolis Zootopia , or a dirty apartment or a cheap neighbor, the film is full of details from beginning to end, vividly projecting human civilization into the animal world.

Even if you look at the story itself, it is a good enough crime comedy, and the creative team is obviously not satisfied. This is a story about "prejudice": when "what you want to be" and "what the world thinks you should be" conflict with each other, how do you resolve the conflict? You can go black like a sheep bleating deputy mayor; you can pretend to be heartless and cynical like a fox; but we want you to fight back against prejudice like a rabbit.

If "Invincible Destruction King" is also about prejudice, trying to be a bad character for a good person. Well, Zootopia takes it a step further: after we have truly overcome external resistance and succeeded, we ignore the effects of prejudice on ourselves. When Rabbit said at a press conference, "It may be the nature of predators to run wild," she also became part of the prejudice.

It often takes a deliberate effort to reduce prejudice against others, and people like rabbits who are always on the "right side" are more likely to ignore this. Saying "predators can go mad, but you're not like them" doesn't comfort your fox friend, it just exposes your sense of superiority. At this time, if there is no friend of the fox to leave, then the rabbit is likely to develop into a "prey interest alliance" together with the deputy mayor.

It takes enough motivation to eliminate prejudice. The driving force in the film comes from the friendship of the fox and the guilt of the rabbit, because her prejudice leads to unequal treatment of a group and destroys the fusion of "Zootopia" in the city. And the final speech of the rabbit is to complete the discussion of the theme of the film, that is, breaking prejudice starts with everyone.

Of course, in addition to this, you can also see other topics, such as: the struggle of young people in small towns in first-tier cities, how contemporary women survive in the male-dominated workplace, the stigma in bipartisan politics, and how human society is changing Civilized or alienated or "the first-in-command is at fault, but the second-in-command is the real mastermind behind the scenes" blabla...

Almost all of the supporting roles in the film are responsible for laughing, whether it is the front desk of the police station or the sloth of the DMV (I laughed for a long time in this part), or the gangster who pays tribute to the godfather, and the fox's cheating partner. Even the sheriff has stalks to laugh at, as well as complaints about his own "Frozen"; the only brilliant character in the whole film is probably Sister Zhiling dubbed by Shakira (this translation in the Taiwan version is funny), let's just understand it as yes Hollywood compliments itself when it comes to eliminating prejudice.

Finally, I want to ask, so the computer of the DMV is a resistive screen?

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Extended Reading
  • Reginald 2022-03-24 09:01:09

    The storytelling model of Hollywood can eat the whole world to death.

  • Hollie 2021-10-20 18:59:41

    The story flow is not difficult for small friends and it is not boring for big friends. In the sloth period, people who have dealt with French civil servants will smile. The bunny’s micro expressions are well done. However, the result of a unified mockery of all group labels is that they are subconsciously labelled (for example, foxes must be smart but take the wrong side, rabbits must be reproductive cancer, beasts are all males, etc.). Finally, it is a pity that the world is not a cartoon produced by Disney.

Zootopia quotes

  • Nick Wilde: [Wilde, now a cop pulls over a speeding motorist] Flash?, Flash, Hundred-Yard Dash?

    Flash: [Flash slowly rolls down the window and smiles sheepishly] Niiiiick.

  • Duke Weaselton: [to Mr. Big] You dirty rat, why are you helping her? She's a cop!