Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Middle Class Mom - The Emperor's New Groove

 
The Emperor's New Groove - Middle Class Mom
 
The Emperor’s New Groove, a 2000 animated film, was the first Disney movie to have a pregnant woman as a main character.  Chica, the lower class wife of Pacha, is already a mother of two small children.  The family lives in the mountains in a small rural town.  The emperor, Kuzco, wants to build his summer resort on the site of their mountain home.  This movie shows the struggles between socioeconomic class as the wealthy Kuzco believes that it is his right to destroy the home Pacha has worked so hard to maintain.  Pacha’s family are farmers and work hard to put food on the table and raise their children well.  At the end of the story, Kuzco comes around and deceides not to build his summer resort, displaying an understanding and an emotional connection between two very different classes.  In addition, the fact that Chica is pregnant shows a dueling struggle of the gender role a middle class woman is put into versus where she chooses to be.

- Carly Cibelli

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