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Title: was Shrek's "Farquaad" character a sneaky way of saying "F**kwad"?
Post by: Darren Dirt on October 06, 2015, 05:33:53 PM

Shrek, the F*** You to Walt Disney ft. Caddicarus - Did You Know Movies (Film Theorists channel) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4MSJT7kCv8)

Apparently there's a very good chance he was modelled after Michael Eisner, the head of Disney (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Farquaad#Inspiration)... who was such an asshole to Jeffrey Katzenberg that as a result K left Disney and started his own company (along with David Geffen and Steven Spielberg) -- the highly successful DreamWorks SKG.

Title: Re: was Shrek's "Farquaad" character a sneaky way of saying "F**kwad"?
Post by: Mr. Analog on October 06, 2015, 06:56:38 PM

Actually yes!

Title: Re: was Shrek's "Farquaad" character a sneaky way of saying "F**kwad"?
Post by: Thorin on October 07, 2015, 08:26:44 AM

It wasn't even sneaky, there's several "subtle" (not so subtle) adult jokes in Shrek.

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