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Zootopia had this same problem. I believe we were supposed to see the “predators” and “prey” as allegories to racial groups and the tensions between them. But p
by yowzadave 3y ago
Zootopia had this same problem. I believe we were supposed to see the “predators” and “prey” as allegories to racial groups and the tensions between them. But predators were literally killing and eating the prey! The prey were right to be afraid! If you were a rabbit I would not counsel you to become best friends with a fox, regardless of the assurances he provides you.
- c_crank 3y agoAn observation that will make Zootopia much more enjoyable is realizing that the predators and prey don't map onto racial groups and aren't intended to be seen that way.
- gjsman-1000 3y agoI don’t know, plenty of film critics as well as political review sites interpreted it that way; and no creative member behind the movie ever said that it was not meant to be somewhat correlated. Which as Vox pointed, is fairly problematic because the lack of an official statement means that not viewing it as a racial allegory is simply a matter of an opinionated interpretation that a true racist could disagree with, without any contradiction.
- c_crank 3y agoWithout bringing highly opinionated interpretations into it, Nick Wild is voiced by a white man doing a white southern accent. The number of characters voiced by black men is not very high.
- mcphage 3y agoThat was my frustration with the discourse around Zootopia when it released—people complained that the predator / prey distinction mapped badly onto US racial issues. But that was just people wanting the movie to be a thing which it wasn't, and then complaining that it didn't work.