prejudice in the valley

rosie · **on:** November 26, 2008, 01:24:45 AM

I notice that mister threehorns was kinda of prejudice in the movies and the series. Chomper often felt left out in the valley. He forced to sleep in a cave while others are not. It is like he is put into his place. This might not be bad in long run or be a blessing to him later on in life. There is no indiction that sharpteeth might labor prejudices against other sharpteeth or flatteeth in the series. I find that surprising and wonder why the writers didn't think of that before.

Malte279 · **Reply #1 on:** November 26, 2008, 04:30:56 AM

I think you posted the same topic a while ago. Maybe the two threads should be merged in order for the previous discussion to be continued from the point where it where it went silent. Another thread which you might find interesting is about the question to what degree prejudice is a particular longneck / threehorn problem, with neither Ducky's nor Petrie's mother ever giving any sign of it.

Kor · **Reply #2 on:** November 26, 2008, 04:37:29 AM

Part of it is due to the fact sharpteeth are portrayed as villains and kept very simple. Many keep their villains simple, just pure evil. It's easier to write if you keep your villain simple like that. It leads to a better story if you do have more complex villains, but few do this.

Serris · **Reply #3 on:** November 28, 2008, 02:26:19 AM

The sharpteeth in the movies are portrayed as more animalistic than the herbivores and thus I don't think the movie producers gave them enought intelligence to comprehend prejudice.