Shrek

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Shrek the ugly, antisocial Ogre is happy living by himself in his swamp, frightening away any visitors, until he rescues a non-stop talking donkey and then gets invaded by a host of displaced fairy tale characters, evicted by the evil Lord Farquaad who wants to chase away all different and "abnormal" creatures like trolls, elves, sprites and all other fairytale characters. There are blind mice in his food, a big, bad wolf in his bed, three little homeless pigs and more, all banished from their kingdom by the evil Lord Farquaad. Shrek goes to protest this invasion, and ends up on a quest to rescue Princess Fiona from the dragon, so that Farquaard can marry her to become King. He made a deal with Farquaad: if he brings the princess back, the Lord will give him his swamp back and leave him alone.

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[...] The cast of the dubbing Shrek is Mike Myers: He began his carrier in Saturday Night Live but he is now famous for his role of Wayne Campbell in Wayne's World in 1992 and an oversexed British secret agent in the Austin Powers series (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me). In Shrek Mike Myers uses a strong Scottish accent to dub Shrek. In French, Alain Chabat (les Nuls, Gazon Maudit) gives his voice to Shrek. Donkey's voice is the one of Eddie Murphy, better known for his role in comedies like Beverly Hills Cop or Dr Dolittle. [...]

[...] But after a misunderstanding Shrek thinks that she does not love him because he is an Ogre and thus he brings her to Lord Farquaad for the marriage. He does not know that Princess Fiona has a terrible secret: when the night comes, she becomes an ogre too and only the kiss of a human being can transform her into a “real woman” and break the malediction. When he learns her terrible secret, he interrupts the marriage and asks Fiona to come with him. [...]

[...] Those comparisons in both charts were got all along the sequences we had chosen to present. As we have already said, we thought Shrek was a great movie to have an interaction with the class: it is funny, reminds us of our childhood, it makes fun of the social norms and traditions conveyed by fairy tales and the Disney world (students often subscribe to this kind of approach), it refers to modern movies, actors, stereotypes and songs, etc. However, despite our efforts to make this presentation interactive by forming two groups challenging to answer our questions to win sweets, we were a bit disappointed by the low level of participation and involvement. [...]

[...] Fiona: is a dream princess. She is beautiful, polite, and smart, has good manners and waits for her true love. In fact, she tries to stick to all the fairytale conventions. But on the other hand, she is tough (she knows martial arts: she eliminates a band of thieves in the wood like in and has a dark secret: when the night falls, she becomes an ogre (it is a malediction). Lord Farquaad: is the ruler of Duloc. He is neat, orderly and power- hungry: he wants to marry a princess only to become a King. [...]

[...] Her carrier started with The Mask (with Jim Carrey) in 1994 and then she did not stop acting in movies like My best friend's wedding, There's something about Mary, Being John Malkovich, Any given Sunday, Charlie's Angel, Gangs of New York, etc. Lord Farquaad is John Lithgow an actor of stage, television, and movies. He acted in Terms of Endearment, Footloose, etc. Characters Shrek : is a big, green, ugly, impolite, smelly ogre. He lives like a hermit in his swamp, he does not want to be disturbed and to see anybody on his territory. He enjoys taking mud showers, eating forest critters and scaring anyone who crosses the path. [...]