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In Spain, bullfighting can be said to be the national essence of the country. Bullfighting is regarded as a noble art, and every year from March to October, it is the bullfighting season in Spain.
Bullfighting shows and competitions are one of the most popular events in Spanish, and the Bull Running Festival is held every year. Brave people, hiding from the ferocious bulls in the streets.
The bullfighter is regarded as a symbol of bravery and fearlessness, and is highly admired and worshipped by the Chinese people. The status of Spanish matadors is higher than that of ordinary celebrities and entertainers.
The bulls that are fought are generally violent North African bulls, pure blood, and bred by special domestication farms.
Bullfighting in official competitions weighs between 400-500 kg. In a bullfighting performance, the bull ends up being stabbed to death by a bullfighter. Even if they are not stabbed to death by a bullfighter, they will eventually be led into the bullpen and stabbed to death with a sword.
For the bull, once on the bullring, it means that death awaits it.
At first glance, these bulls are actually quite miserable. I don't know, what do animal protection people think?
More than 80 years ago, an American named Manro Reeve created a children's book called The Cow That Loves Flowers. In the picture book, it tells the story of a bull named Ferdinand.
Ferdinand is large and strong, but unlike other bulls, who are hot-tempered and brave, but have a kind heart and a gentle personality, his favorite thing is the flowers and the fragrance of the flowers they emit.
"The Cow That Loves Flowers" came out in 1936 and was widely circulated. However, it was banned during the Spanish Civil War and burned by Nazi Germany.
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In 2018, the Blue Sky Animation Studio in the United States put this picture book on the screen, which is the animated movie "The Adventures of the Bull".
In Hollywood, Blue Sky Studios is an animation production company that rivals Pixar, Disney, and DreamWorks. The Ice Age and Rio Adventures series are both from Blue Sky Studios.
"The Adventures of the Bull" is a new work launched by Blue Sky Studios after three years of absence, and it is said that it has been chased for ten years for the copyright of the original work. The film is directed by Carlos Schardanha, producer of Ice Age 5 and director of Rio Adventure 2.
The story of the film retains the protagonist setting in the original "Cow Who Loves Flowers", and the content is expanded to be more abundant.
Bull Ferdinand was born in a domestication farm called the "Bull House", and the other little bulls fight all day long, training, dreaming of becoming a real bullfighter one day, only Ferdinand is maverick, sitting quietly every day, smelling the flowers.
Therefore, Ferdinand was not at all favored by other bulls, and Ferdinand's brave and strong father became a bullr and was about to go to the bullring, which made the bulls very jealous.
However, Ferdinand the little bull saw his father go to the bullring in glory and never returned. Ferdinand escapes in a hunt and becomes the pet of a little human girl Nina.
Under Nina's meticulous care, Ferdinand grew into a healthy and majestic bull, unchanged by his still docile and kind personality and love of flowers.
But at the flower market, Ferdinand's huge body and careless behavior surprised people, and eventually he was caught by the police and sent back to his birthplace "Bull House".
Faced with the squeeze of the bull friends who have also grown up, and the desire of his new friend Lupe the goat to train him to become a bull, Ferdinand only wants to go home, back to the little girl Nina, back to the village full of flowers.
The bullfighter came to the "Bull House" to choose the bull of his last battle, and was disturbed by Ferdinand, and no one was selected. Another bull was pulled to the slaughterhouse.
Ferdinand, who once again escaped, finally discovered the secret that the bulls would eventually die in the bullring. He decided to flee with all the bulls.
However, Ferdinand was selected by the bullfighters and captured in the bullring. What fate awaits Ferdinand?
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Ferdinand's voice actor is American professional wrestler John Senna, who has won three world heavyweight titles, three National Championships, and fourteen WWE titles. After retiring from the army, he entered Hollywood and became a tough guy actor, Chinese nickname: Zhao Xina.
John Senna has starred in Marines, Bumblebee, and Fire Daddy. Fast & Furious 9 will also appear as a new villain.
It can be said that Zhao Xina came to voice the bull Ferdinand in this cartoon.
"The Adventures of the Bull" is typical of relying on character contrasts to create laughter and promote the plot. Bulls are synonymous with mighty beasts, but Ferdinand is shy and cowardly like a kitten.
But "Kitten" has his own clear goal of cow life, that is, flowers and girls, can accompany him to live a dull life. The days when the other bulls fought and killed were not what he wanted at all.
From this point of view, the reason why "The Cow Who Loves Flowers" was banned that year was because this story revealed some anti-war and even equal rights implications.
The three proud white horses on the farm, Ferdinand's mavericks, always make people see some satire of racism and a reflection of the LGBT community.
The core of this story is actually about respect for individuality and choice. Should each individual be defined by a fixed set of criteria? This is a very interesting topic in reality.
At a certain age, they should get married and have children, which is a set of standards imposed by society on all women. Under this set of standards, Yang Liping is the maverick "bull", and she will be reprimanded and dismissed by some people in this standard context.
Study well, listen to your parents, and get into a prestigious university, this is the definition of a good child. Under this definition, Han Han, who dropped out of school, is the outlier "bull", and he wants to prove himself in the surprised eyes and even insults of many people.
The vast majority of us live under this standard definition and go through our lives. Ferdinand's maverick behavior does not enjoy widespread support and approval in society, even if he is kind-hearted and harmless to people and animals.
"The Adventures of the Bull" is an animated film, and its audience is basically aimed at children and parents. It tries to tell them that children can have their own personality and choices, and parents should give them understanding and respect.
But under the pressure of social reality, how many parents have such awareness and courage? We see more, still a variety of tutoring classes and early education classes, school district houses that have soared to sky-high prices, and the tragedy of children under the double pressure of schools and families.
Hopefully, the diversity and inclusiveness of society will give more space and flowers to children who are different and maverick.
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