Perhaps, despite relying firmly on cliche, the writing of Zootopia is a lot more subtle than one might first think.
That is to say, it has several themes that could go either left of right, depending on how you look at the.
Like affirmative action. One one hand it helped Judy achieve her dreams of being a police officer. On the other hand her feeble bunny mind was unable to cope with the responsibility and she broke the entire city, thus reinforcing why a bunny might not have been considered for the police force normally. Weather or not you see this as for or against affirmative action could well be affected by your own confirmation bias.
Like I saw Zootopia as being a bit wishy-washy and leftist. You see it as conservative. I wonder if that was planned?
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4)The main heroine works hard instead of whining.
Seriously? Judy whines and mopes about being a meter maid, mainly because people would disagree with her when she ticketed them, and demands a job where she is free from such scrutiny, not because she's physically suited to the role or because she's earned it, but because in her mind she is entitled to it. She's a blue-haired feminist through ad through.
Take them to the security kitchen!
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desertgaara1995
8 years ago
Sure but at least she works hard. She didn't demand the standards to be lowered for her so I don't think she was a feminist.
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mrmoo2001
8 years ago
She didn't specifically demand that standards be lowered to accommodate her (though the existence of the Mammal Inclusion Initiative implies that perhaps they had already been lowered for her) but she did demand - and get - a job that she hadn't earned. Like I'm pretty sure every other officer, especially ones unfamiliar with the layout of Zootopia, had to spend at least a few days maiding meters. Not Judy though. She goes straight to solving mysteries in a town where she knows nothing of the topography and has zero contacts. Yes she does work hard, but I'd work hard too if I could start a career simply by rocking up at the Large Hadron Collider and demanding a job without getting a PhD or even as Masters degree first. She's still an entitled little witch.
Take them to the security kitchen!
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