Why Shrek Could Never Tell You The Truth About Himself

Everyone reads Shrek as a love story. This video makes the case that it never was. Shrek didn't spend the whole first film chasing love. He spent it chasing forgiveness, which is a completely different thing, and once you understand the difference, the entire franchise reads differently, including the ending everyone thinks they already understand. This video goes through what Shrek actually does before Fiona ever enters the picture, why his relationship with Donkey makes no sense as a love story but perfect sense as something else entirely, what the onion scene is really testing, and why Fiona becoming an ogre permanently is the only ending that could have actually worked for a character who was never really chasing what the story appeared to be about. #shrek #filmanalysis #dreamworks