Title

Shrek Retold: Satire on Civilization & State

Creator

Eikenberry, Stefan

Abstract

A satirical presentation that subverts rhetoric and justifications for state legitimacy and enforced marginalization through a retelling of Shrek (2001) from the lens of a representative of the film’s antagonists. Taking inspiration from A Modest Proposal and the systemic marginalization of Native Americans, this work employs irony and absurdity to retell the movie through the perspective of a propagandist making calls for justice and acceptance for state violence and the removal of autonomy for the ‘other’. This work deconstructs discourse around ‘civilization’ and ‘savagery’, the conflation of legality and morality, and nationalism as the exaltation and normalization of state violence.

Keywords

political satire

cinema

sociology

Subject

Interdisciplinary

Date Available

May 28, 2026

Type

PowerPoint Presentation

Course

HSS 2214 Laughing it Off

Course Offering Term

Spring semester 2026

Instructor

Giannakopoulou, Georgia

Session

Honors Creative Projects

Location

Student Lounge

Event

Year 2026 | 10th Annual Student Research and Creative Arts Symposium