Stereotypes In The Film Zootopia

Zootopia is Disney film, that released in March of 2016. It is a film about a bunny named Judy Hopps who made her dreams a reality by becoming the first bunny on the Zoopotia police force. She soon finds out that being the first bunny on the police force isn’t all it’s cracked up to be and it’s harder than she thought. When a case of missing predatory animals is presented to the Zooptopia police department, she teams up with a unlikely ally, a sly fox named Nick Wilde. Together the two face many obstacles along while trying to figure about what is happening in Zooptopia. When analyzing the movie Zootopia, I noticed there was a theme that differed between prey and pedantry animals within the movie. The prey were typically seen as weak, and less capable than …show more content…
These correlations include discrimination against women in the workforce and racial discrimination. Judy Hopps can be interpreted as both of these issues. Being a woman and a different “species” or “ethnicity” than is normally seen in the workforce, she faces challenges in her job such as being assigned “meter maid” instead of a real case. She is not taken seriously in her career, as many woman and people with different ethnic backgrounds also experience. Nick Wilde is also a great example of discrimination because he is viewed as a “untrustworthy fox”. He told Judy “If the world is going to see a fox as shifty and untrustworthy, there’s no point in trying to be anything else.” Which is an example of a “self fulfilling prophecy” in which is a prediction that comes true because the individual and society believes it to be true. This is a perfect example of what happens to children living in the ghetto or the slums. Everyone believes they’ll never become anything but criminals so often it becomes reality. This movie could have several interpretations, but this is my own personal