A Marxist Analysis of Shrek

burn shrek!!!1! (i am back and carrying the third wave of the red scare)

0:00 - do you know the muffin man?
1:16 - brief introduction to marxism
1:47 - class distinctions in shrek
2:55 - shrek
5:51 - donkey
7:52 - lord farquaad
8:23 - the political economy
10:00 - lord farquaad as political agent
12:39 - shrek as revolutionary
14:40 - shrek vs lord farquaad
16:24 - fiona and postmodernism
17:47 - dragon
18:23 - how revolutionary was the revolution?
19:53 - yes, i know the muffin man

[ariaownsyou]

Marxists in 1850: In the future, the proletariat will rise against capitalism and the world will advance into communist society, the next epoch of human development
Marxists in 2024: Marxists Analysis of Shrek

[healgoth]

The implications of fairy godmother’s employees not even having dental? Mama…

[lepruconx]

Of course— we’re all intimately familiar with Communism, but what the hell is Shrek?

[comradesquidge]

Did you know shrek was given to work on as a punishment for animators which leads me to believe they may have intended the film as a critique by the animators of their overlords, or rather that’s what I’d like to believe.

[pants]

Every day I am greeted with a new marxist analysis of a beloved childrens movie and every day I realize how sick animators must be of consumer culture :/

[rolling]

And when the world needed her most, she returned.

[ananyashrivastav]

MISS TROLLEY BOLLEY KINDLY DO NOT STOP MAKING THE VIDEOS

[worthless_handls]

I unironically love videos like this. I remember watching a communist take on Chicken Run and now I cannot see that movie in any other light (and I'm sure it's what its creators probably, originally intended).
Also, side note, while watching this video with closed captions, there's one point where it calls Farquad a 'simp for a larger political ideology' and that was great.

[Not_Leighphorea]

Maoist telletubbies is something I didn’t know I needed

[crossbones]

Shrek is below proletariat, he's a subsistence farmer, representing how most of humanity survived for thousands of years and how many people live today. He does not provide to wider society nor does he take from it, and for this, both the proletariat and the Bourgeoisie want him either gone or working. This was the goal of both industrializing capitalist and communist countries, of both the German Empire and Soviet Union.

[Katy]

14:15 To add to this: We can use Shrek the Fourth as evidence that Donkey liked Shrek when they first met because Shrek helped him (showed solidarity for him). In Shrek 4, Shrek has to meet Donkey for the first time under different circumstances (read as: Shrek doesn't demonstrate solidarity), and in this altered timeline, Donkey is afraid of Shrek and tries to run away from him.

[inali_illustrates]

"yes doctor my Teletubby plushie is speaking again and its making a lot of sense, no I am not having delusions what do you mean"

[Not-A-Taurus]

I don’t remember subscribing, but this is definitely the kind of content I need

[cornupswar]

Its a glorious morning (2:27 AM for me) to see a new trolleybolley upload.

[myhka]

I’m currently doing a postgrad research degree in Marxist political philosophy and I can honestly say this is the best example of Marxist analysis of pop culture I’ve ever seen. Might have to use this as a citation at some point ❤

[Psychshifted]

could you not also argue that shrek symbolises those native to the land and being pushed out?

[q_q]

I love this channel for not gafing and just producing extremely niche analysis videos every few months with exceptional quality like u love ur craft idk

[brianjacobs]

shreks land is personal property not private property because he doesn’t have workers and makes no money from it

[gabrielprice]

Now this is the type of overserious video essay I want my ad revenue to go towards

[kasperwithanak]

I have informed comrade Elmo... He is pleased