Introduction
A. Kung Fu Panda, a Dreamworks Animation action/comedy film.
B. Thesis: In Dreamworks’ Kung Fu Panda, the laws of physics are all greatly exaggerated to emphasize and dramatize the martial arts performed in this movie.
Body Paragraphs
1. Characters performing impossible feats with their bodies.
- Tigress leaps several feet into the air and, using a perfect split, destroys a couple of plates that have been thrown up before her.
- Po, a fat panda, effortlessly swings himself up a series of cupboards to reach a jar of cookies.
- Viper uses her tail as a fast and powerful whip.
- Characters propelling themselves to fall faster or fly higher than objects around them.
- Po attempts a perfect split and is unable to remove himself from that position.
- Po managing to balance multiple soup bowls.
2. Characters and ordinary forces displaying a superhuman amount of strength.
- Mantis holds up a rope carrying several heavy characters all by himself.
- Tai Lung escapes from prison by pulling and manipulating several huge chains.
- Fireworks propel Po hundreds of feet into the air but do no damage.
- Po absorbs all of Tai Lung’s superhuman attacks with his thickness.
- Po and Tai Lung's fight caused the destruction of several public buildings.
3. Exaggerated squashes, stretches, and weights.
- Po having his face dragged across the ground, while being propelled by fireworks.
- Po having exaggerated facial expressions for comedic value. (a lot more so than the other characters)
- Objects breaking easily to exemplify Po’s hefty weight (ex: trees bending backwards when hit by Po)
- Po bouncing around the Furious Five's training ground like a rubber ball.
Conclusion
A. The laws of physics are broken many times in the film Kung Fu Panda.
B. The exaggeration of martial arts and brute, superhuman strength added to the dramatic actions in the movie.
C. The exaggeration of Po’s physique through stretches, squashes, and how he is affected by the environment around him creates a comedic effect.
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