Inversion Stereotypes In Shrek Two

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Shrek Two is a popular 3D animated comedy film that was released in 2004, by Andrew Adamson, Conrad Vernon and Kelly Asbury starring an ogre called Shrek whose recently been married to a princess and has returned to her kingdom to meet the in-laws. It gains its effectiveness through the use of anachronisms, intertextual references and the inversion stereotypes.

To begin with, one of the ways Shrek 2 gains its effectiveness from the use of anachronisms. An anachronism is something out of place, especially from a different time periods. These are extensively used in the film; they use words such as Farbucks instead of Starbucks, Versarchery for Versace. As well as Street Lights, Limousines, “The Country club”, Factories and the music are all

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