BLOGGER: Hello again! Welcome back to the Reel World where today we are discussing layers.
READER: ...this is a movie blog and you’re starting with Shrek? And a horrible Shrek themed title? Seriously?
BLOGGER: This post is a lot more than just bad jokes, believe me. See the thing about Shrek (besides the ear-wormy songs and mass amount of punchy one liners and fart jokes) is it goes well into depth on the characters a class discussion about the “self” and how you portray yourself to others, including online. Now not that there was any magical far far away online factor to the movie, but the entire plot revolves around two characters who due to their self-perception and self-esteem struggle with opening up to others.
READER: That’s kind of a stretch just to get one point across.
BLOGGER: Not at all because like Shrek this movie has layers!...That joke I actually regret but it’s true. The entire narrative and joke behind an ogre going out on a knights quest to save the princess goes hand in hand with his own journey to make interpersonal connections with people. It seems crazy considering he’s an ogre but it just goes to show that this is a journey everyone goes through; it emphasizes this idea of everyone’s outer layer not being who they are entirely.
That’s why on the other side of things there’s Fiona with an outer layer of self or a mask she’s fine to show but her inner “layer” of what makes her who she is (the ogre side) is something she is embarrassed about so she uses the fact that she’s a princess to save face. Both of them at the end are able to create a bond with each other that penetrates those layers to where they no longer have to “save face” and act like they used to with each other. The last thing I’m going to leave you with is this beautiful link to the one and only onion scene from the movie because no other explanation is better than from the ogre himself (cringe all you want). Until next time!
Ogres are like Onions scene
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