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The Story Behind Shrek There are many fairy tale stories throughout our world. The movie Shrek however is not your typical fairy tale. Although it can be considered a "kids movie", in some ways it is anything but that. Within the movie are a lot of hidden view points. Shrek has a lot of "adult type" humor that many children wouldn't understand. The movie has also succeeded in paralleling our society in many ways. It …

…that the fairy tale creatures could now live wherever they wanted. Obviously everyone was much happier this way. If this is so, then there really is no point in racial segregation. Even though Shrek could be considered a kids movie, it is clearly much, much more than that. This movie points out many of society's faults and how life could be made so much better. We, as a society, could learn a lot from Shrek.