Informative Speech On Shrek

Shrek

Place yourself in a fairy tale setting, with trees and singing birds and cute woodland creatures. Now, think of your ideal hero, prince or true love in your fairy tale. You chose someone with external beauty; (you know) muscles, strong chin, or maybe a fair madden. However, the hero of the story I will talk about isn’t exactly handsome, this hero of course is Shrek, the hero of a typical storybook fairytale with a weird and hilarious twist. My purpose is to explain why this Academy-Award winning animated film is better than the “Disney Princess” movies thanks to use of satire, great cast, and its moral messages.

The humor is able to make not only children laugh but also any adult with a sense of humor. The jokes are usually centered on farts, slap-stick violence, and a few we understood once we got older. Also, it purposefully make fun of Disney films like Beauty and the Beast, Peter Travers of the Rolling Stone goes into detail about Dream Works’ chief’s revenge on his former Disney boss by creating Lord Farquad’s kingdom into a theme park, along with Farquad’s hate for fairytale creatures (1).

In addition, its moral message helps Shrek stand out against other princess films.

Where other princess movies only focus on finding true love, Shrek ends with a twist. Despite Fiona’s main wish was to be fully human, she chose Shrek and that side of herself.

The cast of Shrek is nothing more than outstanding! Mike Myers portrays the crude ogre with the Scottish accent we all love. Eddie Murphy voiced Donkey, a sassy sidekick Shrek did not ask for, and Cameron Dias is Princess Fiona, a damsel in distress with what seems to be a black belt in karate. Elvis Mitchell of The New York Times describes their improvisational skills in combination with the writing, as hard hitting and to the point (p.

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In summary, the use of satire to subtlety parody Disney, a surprisingly positive message, and top of the line cast brought this film to its popularity it still has today. I hope you see this movie above other princess movies as I do.
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