Is Ratatouille about Jewish stereotypes?

emo samurai

All signs point to "Unfortunately, fuck yes."

First, the obvious. The rats have really pronounced noses, especially Remy's dad.

I mean, when have you ever seen a rat with a huge fucking dune on its nose? It's also important to note that Dad has a really pronounced New York accent.

Then there's the fact that the rats are seen throughout he whole of society as dirty thieves.

The final sign to me is the most blatant. At one point, Remy's dad takes him to a mousetrap store and shows him all the rats hanging from frames. Guess who else has a racial narrative fraught with persecution and genocide?
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pr126 · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:55 pm Post subject:

Nope, according to Islam Jews are pigs and apes. No rats there.

Time for a "sensitivity seminar" for you.
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emo samurai · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:56 pm Post subject:

I'm not sure this movie was geared towards Muslims. I mean, they have to have cooked pork in that kitchen at SOME point.

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST you are obsessed with muslims. I didn't even fucking mention Islam.
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RyanDzundza · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:02 pm Post subject:

tbh, i think your reading to much into this,

its a decent film, not great but its ok, and not once did i think, bloody hell doesnt that rat look like a jew

iow, no its nothing to do with the jews

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and yeah, pr126, this thread had nothing to do with muslims, why drag it out, its all good warning about what there upto but bringing it into every thread on the forum can get tiresome
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emo samurai · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:46 pm Post subject:

I think it was more the social niche that said ~~jews~~ rats inhabited coupled with the holocaust shoutout that clued me in. I mean, the noses were the first step, but after that, it was just pattern recognition after pattern recognition.
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RyanDzundza · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject:

what holocaust shout out,

i might of missed that since i like to have a drink when i watch films lol

people are always telling me that kids programs are filled with hidden messages, like drugs, sex and rock and roll or what ever else

im sorry but i just dont buy it, but even if they were it doesnt seem like the kids get it anyway, i mean my bro loves Ratatouille and he hasnt started any anti-semetic rants yet Laughing

like i always say, and stand by, it might just be the adult mind reading to much into a kids film,
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emo samurai · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:50 pm Post subject:

You know, where papa rat takes Remy to a rat trap store and shows why they hate the humans, with all the rat corpses hanging from metal frames.
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VinceNoir · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:21 am Post subject:

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tinker683 · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:25 am Post subject:

This thread and the idea it's trying to imply is so absurd and ridiculous that rather than dignify it with an intelligent response, I will simply give you this image macro.

Good day sir.
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Isambard · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:24 pm Post subject:

Ill conceed if you conceed the Giant Marshmellow Man from Ghostbusters was a comment of American culture (white, bloated, smilie evil).
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monkeybyte · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject:

The Nazis used the rat analogy in their propaganda films and and I think Art Speigelman ran with it.

I never felt any Joo metaphors in Ratatouille, tho.
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emo samurai · Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:42 pm Post subject:

Walt Disney was also well known for his anti-semitism, as were pretty much all early big businessmen. Henry Ford himself comes to mind.

We all know that freezing Walt Disney's corpse wasn't nearly enough to contain his influence. Let's stop pretending that it was.
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Moloth · Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject:

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar..
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Eyedunno · Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:49 pm Post subject:

"And sometimes it's a big brown dick!"
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