Ahsoka stands as a great character with a complete arc in her own right; she is much more than merely a plot device for Anakin, and it’s well worth your time to get acquainted with her. However, for viewers familiar only with Anakin’s journey from the films, she perhaps more than anyone else—Obi-Wan, Padme, Palpatine—brings balance to the Force by creating the necessary foil for his growth. Get to know Ahsoka, and by the end of it, you’ll like Anakin a hell of a lot more, and you’ll also understand why Ahsoka’s return in Rebels brought many fans to tears.
I’m sorry what is this article about I was distracted by the most precious fox
The plot is well-paced and full of genuine twists and turns, but what really sets Zootopia apart is its deft (read: not preachy) yet unflinching take on bigotry. As Judy says in the epilogue, “Real life is messy.” The movie starts out focusing on the anti-rabbit prejudice that Judy faces but gradually shifts to anti-predator (particularly anti-fox) prejudice … which Judy, herself, harbors.
Furthermore, Zootopia confronts the uncomfortable reality that sometimes stereotypes (and, consequently, suspicions) are founded, but it frames them as a product of the cycle of hatred. Judy mistrusts foxes and Nick reinforces the “shifty, untrustworthy” fox stereotype, but both behaviors stem from valid childhood experiences (particularly Nick’s … holy hell). They’re both victims of bias who harbor biases themselves.
And we are TOTALLY FINE WITH THAT. Watch the new clip on TMS!
It took a while, but Parker, Stone, and ‘South Park’ seem to have crossed the point where their dual central sympathies—their own self-righteousness and the righteousness of put-upon 'little guys'—are no longer one and the same. 'South Park’ is The Establishment at this point, and the 'little guys’ in perpetual danger of being trampled increasingly look less like the middle-aged Generation Xers who created it and more like the aggrieved rainbow of dissidents making noise on the likes of Tumblr (or out in the streets, for that matter). Season 19, by the end, felt like nothing so much as the creators gnashing their teeth at ascendant millennials moments after the realization of this finally smacked them in the face. 'Hmph! You kids today with your hula hoops and your social justice!’
We have a new female character in the world – actually played by a woman! [She’s played by] Cristin Milioti, and she was awesome. I can’t wait to write more for her, because she was so much fun to work with. And she was just down with the whole joke.
Miyazaki sought to combat the widespread stigma of leprosy, especially in Japan.
There’s one isolated princess trying to get someone to marry her, but there are no women doing any other things. There are no women leading the townspeople to go against the Beast, no women bonding in the tavern together singing drinking songs, women giving each other directions, or women inventing things. Everybody who’s doing anything else, other than finding a husband in the movie, pretty much, is a male.
Which is…kind of the opposite of what we expect to see from the UK?
I’ve always admired how Miyazaki doesn’t shy away from weakness in his characters–but he doesn’t let it define them, either.
The Feminism of Studio Ghibli
It’s Miyazaki-san’s 75th birthday today (1/5/2015)! Share and help us celebrate the legendary artist’s feminist work!
I’ve always admired how Miyazaki doesn’t shy away from weakness in his characters–but he doesn’t let it define them, either.
The Feminism of Studio Ghibli
Check out what they have to say about their characters after the jump!
You already know what #1 is, because really, there’s only one right answer.