Ashyknees' Time Killer

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Friday, November 12, 2004

Politixar

In the name of spoiling fun by thinking too much I bring you this handy chart of Pixar politics and philosophy. Perhaps some of you better educated folks can play along by telling the rest of us the names of the thinkers associated these philosophies.

The Incredibles: Supermen and superwomen are forced to conform to the mediocre masses and live a lie of equality.
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Greed and conformity force minorities to assimilate.

Finding Nemo: Fish accept death.

Monster's Inc.: The need to maintain a growth economy drives the the well-meaning energy industry capitalist to exploit human children and monster workers. Government bureaucrats are annoying but necessary to protect us. Workers, Interspecies tolerance and technological innovation save society.

Toy Story II: Cool looking toys are cute and funny. Oh, wait. Toys learn to accept pain and death as part of life. Androgynous female toy overcomes heartbreaking same-sex relationship by hooking up with extremely masculine toy.

A Bug's Life: A visionary misfit overcomes his ego to help his matriarchal collective fight fascist oppressors. A young matriarch becomes self-empowered.

Toy Story: The illusion of self is shattered. A toy in a meaningless universe learns to construct a meaningful existence as a surrogate father. Other toy overcomes jealousy for sake of surrogate son and community. Toys pin murder on other toy based on circumstancial evidence. Heroic cowboy toy is rewarded with sex from female toy.