Sub-genre: Political

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18th January 2023
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Porco Rosso. Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli. 1992.

Porco Rosso. Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli. 1992. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/image-26.png 555 298 Catriona Keep Catriona Keep https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9acdfdc2366dcd9e0ee3931c12ae034f?s=96&d=mm&r=g 18th January 2023 19th January 2023

Porco Rosso follows a former fighter pilot who abandoned the Italian military, transformed into a pig, and becomes a bounty hunter that fights pirates. One day he meets American pilot…

Porco Rosso. Dir Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli. 1992.

Porco Rosso. Dir Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli. 1992. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Catriona Keep Catriona Keep https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9acdfdc2366dcd9e0ee3931c12ae034f?s=96&d=mm&r=g 13th January 2023 13th January 2023

The cinema scene in Porco Rosso tells us a lot about how stereotypes are assigned onto animals through media to serve specific agendas, in this case they are largely political.…

Legally Blonde. Dir. Robert Luketic. MGM Films. 2001.

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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…