How Is Propaganda Used In Zootopia

Another Disney film about a talking animals, Zootopia seemed like it would be like the rest: a cute, enjoyable family film. What was delivered was much more than a simple bunny cop. Zootopia, one of Disney’s highest grossing films, is one large movie containing multiple allegories and forms of propaganda. Following are just a few examples of how propaganda and allegories are used to tell more than just the story of Judy Hopps. The film is an allegory of how the future is portrayed to kids, by adults. All of their childhoods, kids are told that they can be whatever they want. They’re told that they hold the future in their hands and will change the world with their choices. If this sounds familiar, this is exactly what the main characters’, Judy Hopps, mindset is at the beginning of the film. She believes that she can be whatever she wants, and down that path she will make a difference. Much like real like though, Judy learns that Zootopia, or the world, is quite the opposite. In the workplace, Judy is discriminated because of her size and gender. In society, the same events occur everyday. In the physical world, people are judged for what they look like or who they are, namely minority groups. In the film, the predators, which make up only 10% of the population, are feared and hated, and end up rejected by society. When you dig a

From the very beginning, Zootopia is announced as the greatest place in existence and the place everyone wants to be. This statement can’t be proven, and if anything turns out to be false. Once the predator scandal happens, Mayor Bellwether successfully uses this form of propaganda as she convinces the prey citizens of Zootopia that it's a much better place with predators being under watch. Once again, Zootopia is pronounced as the best place to be as the film comes to an end, trying one last time to convince the population