Well I think the movie also shows how people become twisted when they let their insecurities dominate who they are. Im short and was bullied ruthlessly as a kid but i didnt turn out like Farquad. Its when those people who wallow in their doubt and shortcomings (pun intended) become lord farquads. Thats why the arc between farquad and shrek is good because shrek could have been the mean ogre but chose not to be.
i thought they were making fun out of how lor farquaad is trying so bizzarely hard to make himself seem not-short.
shrek is like 'i'm ugly and i know it now fuck off' while that weirdo is like 'i'm short, i hate it, say i'm tall or i'll have you beheaded'
shrek is like 'i'm ugly and i know it now fuck off' while that weirdo is like 'i'm short, i hate it, say i'm tall or i'll have you beheaded'