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Xue Huiyun

Dr. MARQUARDT

Eng 1430 W10

May 5, 15

#263

Positive Retaliation

          Producer of Shrek is Jeffrey Katzenberg who once employed by Disney and Disney’s chairman—Michael Eisner. Then he devoted himself to Disney and he made a great contribution to raise the attraction of their commercial business. But they have some disputes about why Eisner promoted his friend rather than him. Katzenberg set up DreamWorks, which causes some major tension in film industry.

          Katzenberg created a character Lord Farquaad who is at a height of three feet. Katzenberg's height once caused a comment made by Eisner, “I hate that little midget” He used a form of parody to show that success id not related to height. I love his thoughts that whoever you are, you can find your happiness and love. I think it is true charm of DreamWorks. The kind of stories is fairy tales rather than tales for children. The subject of fairy tales is love and hope. We can state his ideals run through his whole works. Whether you're a princess, a donkey or even a big, green, stinky ogre, you can find love.

        Maybe it is a kind of widely publicity, which result in more people seeing the movie. It shows a positive attitude to believe in love. When he heard about “ I hate that little midget.” He is not self-contemptuous for his height and he tell us we need to love ourselves whatever we are. His positive spirit inspires us and his entertaining gives us happiness. Even if it is retaliation, it is a positive retaliation.