Zootopia is a really great Disney movie with some great messages about accepting others... but I also think this is a good feminist movie also.
Disney has a lot of strong female characters, especially as of recently... Disney does sort of underrepresent women in movies because of marketing. I swear... all The Force Awakens toys I saw were Kylo Ren... and that isn't okay... but anyway this is kind of cool that it isn't marketed as a girls movie or a boys movie but the main character and -SPOILERS- the villain in the story are women.
Judy Hopps and Assistant Mayor Bellwether have a lot in common also. They are both "Meek Prey," they are both trying to succeed in a field that is mainly filled with male predators... they're both very ambitious, smart characters. They have similar dreams- they just get there in different ways and handle their mistakes differently... which defines them as a hero vs a villain.
They don't really mention the difference between men and women. No one tells Judy she can't be a cop because she's a girl and there's never really a mention of that otherwise in the movie. I'm wondering if they're showing that Zootopia has evolved passed sexism or to show there's an unspoken difference. I feel like in real life there's more of an unspoken difference. The wage gap effects women every day of their lives... but it is still somehow is too unimportant for anyone to do anything about... ugh.
I think it's cool that Judy knows she wants to be a cop from the beginning of the movie and there's pushback because she's a bunny... but she still follows her dream and becomes a really good cop. When people hold her back- she just tries to do better and she's really the one that achieves her own dreams. She does get help from Nick... but it isn't Nick that "saves her" and gives her her prestigious career. She also learns from her mistake and tries to make the world a better place because of that. It was just a really strong depiction of a character... man or woman I would say Judy Hopps is as strong as Hercules.
Byeee!
-Shannon
Disney has a lot of strong female characters, especially as of recently... Disney does sort of underrepresent women in movies because of marketing. I swear... all The Force Awakens toys I saw were Kylo Ren... and that isn't okay... but anyway this is kind of cool that it isn't marketed as a girls movie or a boys movie but the main character and -SPOILERS- the villain in the story are women.
Judy Hopps and Assistant Mayor Bellwether have a lot in common also. They are both "Meek Prey," they are both trying to succeed in a field that is mainly filled with male predators... they're both very ambitious, smart characters. They have similar dreams- they just get there in different ways and handle their mistakes differently... which defines them as a hero vs a villain.
They don't really mention the difference between men and women. No one tells Judy she can't be a cop because she's a girl and there's never really a mention of that otherwise in the movie. I'm wondering if they're showing that Zootopia has evolved passed sexism or to show there's an unspoken difference. I feel like in real life there's more of an unspoken difference. The wage gap effects women every day of their lives... but it is still somehow is too unimportant for anyone to do anything about... ugh.
I think it's cool that Judy knows she wants to be a cop from the beginning of the movie and there's pushback because she's a bunny... but she still follows her dream and becomes a really good cop. When people hold her back- she just tries to do better and she's really the one that achieves her own dreams. She does get help from Nick... but it isn't Nick that "saves her" and gives her her prestigious career. She also learns from her mistake and tries to make the world a better place because of that. It was just a really strong depiction of a character... man or woman I would say Judy Hopps is as strong as Hercules.
Byeee!
-Shannon
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