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Shrek memes5/14/2023 While it’s now commonplace for animated films to satirise Disney tropes like damsels in distress or “love conquers all” attitudes, Shrek’s self-aware, progressive nature was an anomaly back in 2001 - and that’s not even mentioning the fact that Shrek is apparently Jewish, a rarity among heroes in kids’ movies. ![]() “Even when the film came out, Shrek very much went against all of those fairy tale ideals that we were spoonfed as children,” says Carlye Wisel, a theme park journalist whose podcast, Very Amusing, has devoted several episodes to unpacking Shrek. For one thing, there’s the movie’s determination to buck the norms of its more traditional animated peers. Well, to paraphrase Shrek himself, the explanation has layers.
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