
Antz and the Heroโs Journey
Does the use of โzโ as a plural mark something out as being shit? Boyz II Men certainly had me thinking so. But, through snippets and half-memories, Iโd gathered that Antz had the kind of political undertones that set it aside from your run-of-the-mill ’90s kids film that plays fast and loose with plurals.
Even though Iโd seen the filmโs โanother ant filmโ counterpart,ย A Bugโs Life, as a child, I wasnโt prepared for how much graver and sincere Antz would be. To say that it has political undertones would be a childish reading: The filmโs opener contains a sign that reads โFree Time Is For Trainingโ; not the first jab at dehumanization in the industrial age, and certainly not the last.… [continue reading]