Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Thomas Richardson
18th January 2022
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The Silence of the Lambs. Dir. Jonathan Demme. Orion Pictures. 1991.

The Silence of the Lambs. Dir. Jonathan Demme. Orion Pictures. 1991. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Thomas Richardson Thomas Richardson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/51335247dd6760feca26b1e2584fc0c8?s=96&d=mm&r=g 18th January 2022 18th January 2022

Alongside terrific and terrifying characters such as Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling, there is another sinister dramatis persona evoked in Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs – that of…

Callum Ratcliffe
17th January 2022
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2001: A Space Odyssey. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. 1968.

2001: A Space Odyssey. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. 1968. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Callum Ratcliffe Callum Ratcliffe https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8807390e24ef91b0082deeae33988f3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g 17th January 2022 18th January 2022

Figure 1: Parody recreation of the ‘Dawn of Man’ sequence in The Simpsons S3 Ep8 (1991) dir. Carlos BaezaFigure 2: Animal Mother (pictured)Inscribing violence onto the body of animality and…

Lucy Sutherland
17th January 2022
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Legally Blonde. Dir. Robert Luketic. MGM Films. 2001.

Legally Blonde. Dir. Robert Luketic. MGM Films. 2001. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Lucy Sutherland Lucy Sutherland https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d9e7f5b706326ae283d2d15854dc8498?s=96&d=mm&r=g 17th January 2022 18th January 2022

Robert Luketic’s 2001 film Legally Blonde follows sorority girl Elle Woods’ journey at Harvard Law School, with her chihuahua, Bruiser. Bruiser is used as a demonstrative device of Elle’s hyper-femininity…

Tilly Gerrard
13th December 2018
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A Fish Called Wanda. Dir. Charles Crichton. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (US) and United International Pictures (UK). 1988.

A Fish Called Wanda. Dir. Charles Crichton. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (US) and United International Pictures (UK). 1988. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Tilly Gerrard Tilly Gerrard https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f1765193eb9a7d5a12265f81948bb0d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g 13th December 2018 25th May 2021

The murder of three small dogs one after the other is not what most people would think of as funny. Yet this exact progression becomes a running gag in Charles…

Eleanor Haigh
9th January 2017
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Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde. Dir. Charles Herman-Wurmfield. Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer. 2003.

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde. Dir. Charles Herman-Wurmfield. Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer. 2003. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Eleanor Haigh Eleanor Haigh https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cd10dbc37137841802ab9bc5c9b486d5?s=96&d=mm&r=g 9th January 2017 25th May 2021

Legally Blonde 2 attempts to interrogate the controversial issue of animal testing in a comedic domain. Although the realm of comedy is potentially limiting, due to its farcical and flippant…