Animals are Violent

How do you make a community work when it's composed of different species with vastly different physical characteristics? It can be tricky but the citizens of 2021's Zootopia make it work. Mostly. In any case, it's one of the boldest films Disney has ever made, second perhaps only to Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I really don't have much to add to my 2016 review of the film. But having since that time seen the films leading up to it I can marvel all the more at some of the risks it took. In particular, the early scene where Judy is pinned by a fox and gets her face slashed. It's easy to see why the scene is necessary for the story, showing the trauma Judy has to overcome in order to treat foxes fairly. At the same time, the hornet's nest of issues related to sex and race makes it astounding the suits at Disney allowed it. I wonder if it could even be done to-day, just six years later. Thank goodness for Japan, a country which has produced Beastars, a riff on Zootopia that explores the sexual implications of the premise. Zootopia is available on Disney+. ...

This is part of a series of posts I'm writing on the Disney animated canon.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Pinocchio
Fantasia
Dumbo
Bambi
Saludos Amigos
The Three Caballeros
Make Mine Music
Fun and Fancy Free
Melody Time
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Cinderella
Alice in Wonderland
Peter Pan
Lady and the Tramp
Sleeping Beauty
101 Dalmatians
The Sword in the Stone
The Jungle Book
The Aristocats
Robin Hood
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
The Rescuers
The Fox and the Hound
The Black Cauldron
The Great Mouse Detective
Oliver & Company
The Little Mermaid
The Rescuers Down Under
Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin
The Lion King
Pocahontas
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hercules
Mulan
Tarzan
Fantasia 2000
Dinosaur
The Emperor's New Groove
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Lilo and Stitch
Treasure Planet
Brother Bear
Home on the Range
Chicken Little
Meet the Robinsons
Bolt
The Princess and the Frog
Tangled
Winnie the Pooh
Wreck-It Ralph
Frozen
Big Hero 6