Can you imagine a place where everyone could be their
complete selves? Maybe even a place where everyone accepted others, no matter
their background, race, ethnicity and culture? I can. But, do you know of any
places that are completely like that? I didn’t think so. The newest utopian
Disney movie, Zootopia is a utopia completely composed of animals. The animals
are in complete control of the society, they control how they live, what they
do and how they do it. The two main characters in the movie are a bunny rabbit
named Judy Hopps and a fox named Nick Wilde who are trying to solve the cases
that is taking the Zootopia Police Department forever. In the beginning of the
movie, we are introduced to Judy being a little girl, however in this case a little
bunny, performing in a play displaying the connection between the idea of “vicious”
predators and “meek” prey. Judy, is an innocent, hardworking and determined
bunny to make a change and make Zootopia a better place while trying to
accomplish being the first bunny policewoman. Her view on Zootopia is
relatively positive. However, she is in for an awakening. Nick, on the other
hand, is introduced as a con hustling fox and as we all know, foxes are slick
and “sly”. This is where the predator and prey connection comes into play. Nick
says he knows “everyone” in Zootopia, which is ultimately true. When Nick and
Judy first encounter each other, he is awfully rude to her and Judy gets
discouraged by what he is saying, but overtime they realize that the two of
them make a great team. I noticed that from her childhood years until
she attended the Police Academy, her parents thought she could stay home and be
a great carrot farmer, Gideon, the fox who assaulted her when she was nine told
her she would never be able to do it, and her instructor at boot camp was very
discouraging. In life, women are always faced with what they shouldn’t do as
opposed to society telling them what they have the power to accomplish. Zootopia
exposes the truth, irony, forms of oppression, judgement and displaying common
stereotypes that occur in our everyday lives. These things are displayed
through different scenes of the movie. For example, a scene occurred on a train
when a mother and her baby were approached by a cheetah that sits next to them.
The mother pulls her child closer to her because she fears the “predator”. In
life, many people face oppression by skin tone, looks, fashion, style or
whatever the case may be. If you aren’t doing what society wants you to do, you
are then labeled. Zootopia expresses so many relatable topics and events that
happen in our everyday lives that hits home for a lot of us. This isn’t your average
Disney movie; this movie literally preaches to the choir with the use of
animals to help depict a modern-day picture of our modern-day society.
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