"It has been nearly a decade since Disney released the animated film Zootopia, a movie that surprised people not only because it was a smash hit at the box office but because it also evoked a label that Disney (as a larger corporation) struggles with: "woke." You might remember that the first movie, released in 2016 and set in the titular city of anthropomorphic animals, follows the bunny Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin),"
"Now Disney has finally released their follow-up, Zootopia 2, and all eyes have been on whether the sequel would extend the first Zootopia's shockingly mature admonishment about discrimination or retreat to safer, less politically charged territory. Well, not only is Zootopia 2 good (almost as good as its predecessor), but it's also just as progressive. And this time, its flavor of social justice is ... anti-colonialism?"
"After Judy and Nick, in the first film, save the day by overthrowing the previous mayor's plot to slander and racially profile "predators" (which is to say lions, tigers, bears, etc.), the duo are ready for their next case. But their struggles to obey authority combined with their inability to work out the kinks in their partnership land them with a timeout and a summons to couples' therapy for partners in the police force."
Nearly a decade after the original, Zootopia 2 arrives as a follow-up to the 2016 animated hit. The first film followed bunny Judy Hopps and con-man fox Nick Wilde uncovering a conspiracy that served as an allegory for racial profiling. The sequel retains progressive themes and shifts its social-justice focus toward anti-colonialism. Judy and Nick, disciplined and sent to couples' therapy, nevertheless discover a new massive conspiracy reminiscent of settler colonialism, showing how such systems produce segregation and disenfranchisement. Zootopia 2 balances mature political themes with family-friendly storytelling and delivers an entertaining, nearly equally successful sequel.
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