What did you think of Zootopia? I want to see it, and heard its a good allegory for racism/etc, but my friend said that she heard it was poorly executed (unclear distinction of racism (it wasn’t clear which group was supposed to be oppressed bc of the plot twist), use of “cute” as the n-word, etc)

stirringwinds: personally i really liked it. imo the movie wasn’t just about racism but also other forms of discrimination and privilege. i’ve seen an article mentioning a similar criticism so i’m not surprised your friend heard it, but imo it misunderstands the movie & is also a poor understanding of how privilege works as depicted in the …

airagorncharda: captnhansolo: Zootopia (2016) dir. Byron Howard and Rich Moore It is so important to me that a kids movie had this conversation in it This movie gave an entire generation of children a script for how to handle this issue. It showed marginalized kids that it’s okay to call people out, and gave them …

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