Stereotypes And Human Characteristics Of Animated Movie Musicals

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The animated movie musical should be considered a genre entirely of its own, for it can create stories that movie directors before had once only dreamed of in their imaginations. For many people today, the animated movie musical was the movie musical we watched the most. It created a fantastical, whimsical form of reality. While the animated movie musical had the power to capture things that could simply not be recreated in person, it also has some drawbacks in its ability to get in touch with reality. However, despite this setback, some fantastic animated movie musicals have been Oscar and Grammy winners and have touched the lives of millions of people and families worldwide. The sheer diversity of the storylines of various animated movie musicals, including the ones in the clips shown, is more than enough to distinguish them from movie musicals featuring live actors. A love story between a man and a woman was no longer the most entertaining story since animators were able to create skeletons, dragons, grand castles, and talking animals. One of the most distinguishing factors of animated movie musicals is the fact that they give animals and objects human characteristics. While it used to be that only humans could sing about toil, triumph, …show more content…

The South Park clip embraced many Hollywood movie musical stereotypes, singing about the glory of their town and introducing people through song. However, this is all done satirically and with intent; although the singers and townspeople are all whistling a happy tune, their words imply something much more comedic about the true, non-glamorous state of their town. The “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah” clip portrays African-Americans in a much brighter light than many of the old Hollywood clips did; the man singing is jubilant and has complete control over himself, and the children at the end are even playing with an African-American