Episode 24 - Zootopia

Disney's misguided cartoon about racism (they're actually against
it this time), "Zootopia," received a 2016 Academy Award
nomination for Animated Feature and is currently sitting at 98%
on Rotten Tomatoes. Yet the best analogy the filmmakers could
come up with to approach this prickly subject was to cast the
feared majority groups as predatory animals capable of "going
savage" and the fearful minority groups as prey. Hmm. The fact
that drawing these parallels is incredibly abhorrent somehow
eluded them.


The lead character, Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) is a
spunky little rabbit who trades on her underdog status while
constantly threatening and intimidating anyone who tries to get
in her way.


The secondary lead is Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman, who is
pretty much the same sarcastic prick with a heart of gold that
Bateman has played time and time again ever since "Arrested
Development").


Zootopia's theme song, "Try Everything," by Shakira is easily one
of the most annoying Disney songs ever written. It's not
quite the same caliber as "It's a Small World," but it's
certainly a contender.


We mock this giant Apple commercial for its muddled metaphors and
its terrible sense of humor, but we also wonder what exactly
happened to one particular species of mammal that is eerily
missing from this movie: we humans.


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