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Disney did a flip where the sheep were the bad ones actually, which in some ways felt even more "the enemy is too weak and too strong" at a glance.
Tbf it's not a bad film, and I do think it was well-intentioned in its way. It's almost as if the ideological context were irreparably fucked that no matter what you do within that framework, you end up reproducing reactionary politics ๐ค
I enjoyed it even while acknowledging its fucked up ideology.
I wouldn't call it reactionary. The message of the movie is about overcoming prejudice. Yea there are negative connotations if you try to directly transpose races into the allegory but that's certainly not the intent. Copaganda aspect is still problematic ig but I like b99 too
Hmm I think it definitely is intended as that sort of allegory though โ otherwise how can the message be about overcoming prejudice? Prejudice against what? And yes, it's well-intentioned as I said, but, come on, in trying to tell a story about tolerance, they end up building this world where 'weak' and 'strong' are biologically distinct groups, and the message of the movie seems to be "yes, this is true, but we should look beyond these obvious facts".
Tbc, I don't even mean this as a criticism of the film โ but these aforementioned aspects do tell us something about the culture at large, I think.