And the forest so many can’t see through the trees? That ogre was 10x the man and better human being than the other guy.
Interestingly it’s a very Farquaad way of thinking- if a woman would choose a worse person just because he were taller- why would a good person want to be with her?
If she is that sort of person then you probably don’t like her unless you share her values.
If you still want to be with someone who has shown values that are poor to you, that is generally lust or ego.
As was the case in the film, Farquaad didn’t value, know, respect, or even care for Fiona as a person. Shrek keeps people at a distance largely because people have hurt Shrek so self preservation and self image usually tend to create defense mechanisms where people with those experiences in their formative development tend to reject people before they are rejected, turning a belittling experience into the illusion of an empowering one. They CHOOSE to be alone.
But Shrek has shown many times to the audience and other characters that he does care about other people and respect them.
Farquaad was self absorbed and superficial.
The fact he was also short is obviously a gag at the expense of short people- but him being short isn’t why he was rejected. You can be a Shrek at 5’2” as much as 7” and you can be a Farquaad at any height too. You’ll probably have better luck with people as a Farquaad at 6’+ than 5’ and under but a Shrek at any height usually has better odds of actual happiness.
Separate comment. Odd observation. The intersection between people sensitive or advocating about issues like male height discrimination and the people bemoaning “cancel culture” and “PC” and “Snow Flakes” and “Woke” is pretty notable.
So Farquaad is a joke character that makes fun of short guys. Short guys get made fun of and sold short in society quite a bit.
But… if you don’t believe in “wokeness” or what not and think comedians should be able to speak freely and such… wouldn’t you by default think that by the same token that a trans joke is “just a joke” and people need to “lighten up” that short jokes are just jokes and short people need to lighten up?
Interestingly it’s a very Farquaad way of thinking- if a woman would choose a worse person just because he were taller- why would a good person want to be with her?
If she is that sort of person then you probably don’t like her unless you share her values.
If you still want to be with someone who has shown values that are poor to you, that is generally lust or ego.
As was the case in the film, Farquaad didn’t value, know, respect, or even care for Fiona as a person. Shrek keeps people at a distance largely because people have hurt Shrek so self preservation and self image usually tend to create defense mechanisms where people with those experiences in their formative development tend to reject people before they are rejected, turning a belittling experience into the illusion of an empowering one. They CHOOSE to be alone.
Farquaad was self absorbed and superficial.
The fact he was also short is obviously a gag at the expense of short people- but him being short isn’t why he was rejected. You can be a Shrek at 5’2” as much as 7” and you can be a Farquaad at any height too. You’ll probably have better luck with people as a Farquaad at 6’+ than 5’ and under but a Shrek at any height usually has better odds of actual happiness.
So Farquaad is a joke character that makes fun of short guys. Short guys get made fun of and sold short in society quite a bit.
But… if you don’t believe in “wokeness” or what not and think comedians should be able to speak freely and such… wouldn’t you by default think that by the same token that a trans joke is “just a joke” and people need to “lighten up” that short jokes are just jokes and short people need to lighten up?