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Shrek (2001)

Film
DirectorAndrew Adamson
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Form & technique
  • The film's overall narrative and referential humor. → The Pastiche Playbook
  • The narrative and character differences between William Steig's book and the film.
Tropes
  • Princess Fiona's character arc, specifically her dual human/ogre nature and fighting abilities. → The Postfeminist Sensibility
  • The kingdom of Duloc. → The Hyperreal Mirage
  • Shrek's body and its functions (mud baths, earwax candles, flatulence). → Grotesque Realism
  • The banishment of fairy tale creatures to Shrek's swamp.
  • The CGI rendering of human characters, particularly Princess Fiona and Lord Farquaad.
  • The contrasting masculinities of Shrek and Lord Farquaad. → The Fragile Alpha

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