Humans – ZooScope

Lili Cave
2nd February 2022
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Corpse Bride. Tim Burton. Warner Brothers. 2005.

Corpse Bride. Tim Burton. Warner Brothers. 2005. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/victor-and-emily.jpg 2048 1105 Lili Cave Lili Cave https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8d8a113c9854bcb3fffa423a839a86bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g 2nd February 2022 2nd February 2022

‘In the act of othering, what is projected onto the other is all that must be refused in constructing the identity of the self’[1]. Consequently, establishing a human/animal binary often…

Rachel Davies
17th January 2022
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Penguin Bloom. Dir. Glendyn Ivin. Netflix, Inc. 2021.

Penguin Bloom. Dir. Glendyn Ivin. Netflix, Inc. 2021. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Penguin-Bloom.jpg 543 269 Rachel Davies Rachel Davies https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ea96bfdf2beaeab7f39f5b5f10e7d62c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 17th January 2022 17th January 2022

Inspired by true events, Penguin Bloom tells the story of Sam Bloom, a mother and wife who became paralysed after a serious accident. As she struggles through a difficult recovery,…

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…

Lucy Luscombe
14th January 2022
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Pocahontas. Dir. Eric Goldberg and Mike Gabriel. The Walt Disney Company. 1995.

Pocahontas. Dir. Eric Goldberg and Mike Gabriel. The Walt Disney Company. 1995. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Lucy Luscombe Lucy Luscombe https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b838e61ff08e5e2ef987aefc72f24e84?s=96&d=mm&r=g 14th January 2022 15th January 2022

Figure 1 – Percy and Smith are close as are Meeko and Pocahontas, aligning them as cultural counterparts In Pocahontas, the animosity between Meeko, the Native American raccoon and Percy,…

Hannah Whelan
30th May 2020
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The Secret of NIMH. Dir. Don Bluth. MGM/UA Entertainment Company. 1982.

The Secret of NIMH. Dir. Don Bluth. MGM/UA Entertainment Company. 1982. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Hannah Whelan Hannah Whelan https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8776990b2f26c9cc6303cea86917d95f?s=96&d=mm&r=g 30th May 2020 25th May 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLE65PZ30tM “We can no longer live as rats. We know too much.” The Secret of NIMH is remembered by many as a dark, creepy, and disturbing film, with retrospectives published…

Lucie Dowson
15th January 2017
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Planet of the Apes. Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner. Twentieth Century Fox. 1968.

Planet of the Apes. Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner. Twentieth Century Fox. 1968. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Lucie Dowson Lucie Dowson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/383ce5fc7d0a3ca0a201d0f1095f0197?s=96&d=mm&r=g 15th January 2017 25th May 2021

Representation of Race through Franklin J. Schaffner’s ‘Space’ By 1968 North America had experienced over a decade of significant political uproar about the oppression that African-Americans suffered from, with this…