Right, but the idea here isn’t a prequel, it’s a time travel story. Back to the Future isn’t less interesting because we’re sure Marty’s parents will live.

There are other ways for a story to be tense than character death.

I don’t understand the concept. They’re people.

“It’s got a clunky, squarish head, but it rolls around slowly on a blue-and-gold ball-shaped body...

He’s s discussing the canon of the film he’s in as it relates to established canon.

When they do this to Western properties the argument is generally that actors of color aren’t big box office draws in the US and Europe.

Yeah, I think this Spock has a lot of reasons to be a little less well adjusted.

Well no, I assumed that’s not what you thought, but since that’s what Faraci is arguing the movie is inadvertently communicating this througha sloppy analogy, I was wondering why you’d criticize him for allegedly thinking “this movie’s message didn’t reinforce [his] pre-exsisting opinons, how dare they not pander to…

Because, as framed, the prey “going savage” wouldn’t be widespread dangerous, but the predators “going savage” means a return to a previous state where the predators killed and ate the prey animals before being tamed and allowed to join civilization. The fear of this particular minority is based on a history of…

His issue is that the film presents it as a rational fear, where the prejudices are confirmed. The criticism is that, *as presented,* the film doesn’t represent prejudice as it tends to operate. Faraci is criticizing, specifically, the prey/predator dynamic and not other elements because he finds it, specifically,…

How, then, would you say the relationship between predators/prey serves as a critique of “general prejudice”? Faraci’s claim is that a critique of prejudice against minorities (ethnic, religious, racial, sexual) would seem to be predicated on the belief that members of that minority are not inherently different or…

This is the stuff about the film that mostlyworks. Even in your response - when you discuss the press conference - you’re mentioned places where you thought it could be more pointed, or better reflect our realities. “My best friend is a predator” is funny! What Faraci’s pointing out is that the relationship between…

So you think the message of Zootopia is that prejudice against minorities is somewhat justified because of their history of violence and predation? That the fears behind prejudice come from a history of legitimate danger, and that it is the job of the privileged to civilize minorities in order to make them suitable to…

“Yeah, it’s not a statement about specific cases of racism, it’s about racism in total, and it can kinda be easy to miss...”

“It’s more of a general critique of prejudice and how everyone has to work together to diminish it.”

Yeah he couldn’t get past it because it was the premise of his essay.

For more on Zootopia’s muddled racial messaging, check out this really wonderful article:

Peña and TI ran away with this movie. When Luis asks, “We’re the good guys, right?” it made me all fuzzy.

Oh!

The way the scene is shot - the long focus on Jon reckoning with his predicament, caughtin the middle of the field - seems to indicate he charged without considering the implications.