[ SECRET POST #3463 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3463 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera]


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[Megazone23pt2's Bodysuit 23]


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[Steve Shives]


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05.
[Awful Hospital]


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[Rick & Michonne/Richonne | The Walking Dead]


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[The West Wing, The Newsroom]


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[Zootopia]


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[Archie Comics]











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Comments

[comma_chameleon]

Doesn't she get shown on a billboard once, in one scene, and then the closing song? So like... five minutes maybe out of a 90 minute movie?

[caerbannog]

I think she was interviewed by the news at some point.

[(Anonymous)]

There's also the bits with the 'dance with Gazelle' app, which comes up twice (I watched the movie just last night, as it happens).
So, ten minutes of the film, tops?

[ketita]

She actually was surprisingly prominent for a character that contributed nothing to the plot. Her song appears, you have a bunch of characters fangirl/boying her, there's the scene where she's interviewed and the protest, and the song at the end. Even if it's not a lot of presence, it's a lot for a movie that's so tightly plotted.
I have to agree with OP, I also thought something was going to happen with her. And then... nothing. Their assessment that the point was "look we got Shakira" is probably correct.

[comma_chameleon]

I saw it more as a reflection of how a lot of entertainers are front and centre with causes (especially ones they identify with).

I mean, I wouldn't have been disappointed if her character had had a bigger plot point or meaning, but I didn't feel like she was really shoe-horned in either.

[ketita]

idk, I guess maybe it's because I don't care much about entertainers, so the whole thing with her ~pleading dramatically~ didn't impress me much.

[(Anonymous)]

The movie itself is a piece of entertainment through which the creators are making an appeal to the audience

[(Anonymous)]

She didn't contribute to the plot, but I felt that she had a purpose. The song at the beginning and the billboards serve to introduce the idea that Zootopia is a utopia, an illusion which immediately crashes down on Judy's head. Her scene at the protest contrasts the dream of the united city with the fractured reality, and the dance party ending shows that they're moving closer to that ideal. Gazelle is more of a symbol than a character.

If you squint, the app shows that despite their outer differences, all the animals have a lot in common. Predator or prey, they all want the same thing- to dance with Gazelle.

[thezmage]

I feel there's another thing with that, not that I know exactly what it is. Even though she's the one who makes the impassioned plea for tolerance, she's still trading on the image of an innocent prey animal surrounded by dangerous predators. She's able to use the same prejudice she's pleading against to further her career.

[thistlechaser]

She didn't contribute to the plot, but I felt that she had a purpose.

Plus, while it wasn't directly important to the plot, she made the city feel more real. Cities have concerts, populations have stars. It just made the whole world seem more real to me. Whole.