Rio

    In my opinion the movie Rio was fantastic and after reading the articles for "pro Rio" and "con Rio" i was sort of enthralled. I only felt like this because I thought the movie great and most of all there were very little stereotypes to none. The con Rio article was looking to much into the movie. I did not notice almost any of the "stereotypes" that they said were in the movie. If I did not notice the stereotypes, I highly doubt that a ten year old child would be able to have noticed. The argument that was made by the author of the article was that the black child was saved by the white people. But really an african american population is a huge part of Brazil and that is what most likely a child race would be if they were native to the country. Also the article said that it depicted the city Rio as a dancing slum kind of place. But the director of Rio is from Brazil and he knows what happens there. So I would think that it's accurate. Especially during Carnival. So in conclusion I would have no problem showing this to my child because the movie shows only small stereotypes that are meant for humor. Things like people there love soccer and can't get enough of it. The first article about Rio, the pro Rio article, was right in was its contents were.

   Honestly Rio does not have enough stereotyping to compare it to another animated film. But the film I've selected to do the comparison is Shrek. Shrek is considered one of the greatest kid movies ever made and I have no argument. But there are some minor things is Shrek. For example the villagers in the movie all think that ogres are terrible gross creatures. They stereotyped what ogres in the past were like to what Shrek was. Also Donkey and Puss in Boots have voices that fit their personalities according to the media. Donkey has a black voice because he is annoying and he is a donkey! If you know what I mean. And Puss in Boots has a suave voice which has an accent that could make anyone fall in love with him. Lastly, the royalty in the movie all are beautiful and not just average looking. But these minor things in Shrek barely stick out at all. But in comparison to Rio, I do think that Rio is just a little better with stereotypical content and not storyline or humor content only because of the minor things in Shrek.