Disney’s New Zootopia Trailer Has a Great DMV Gag
Congratulations, Disney – I am more interested in this movie now than I have been for the last few Pixars. But then, I am a sucker for semi-funny jokes that get run into the ground so many times they go from funny to annoying and back to funny again in their annoyance. I also enjoy character-based humor that doesn’t feel written by committee (though it probably was, in reality).
The humorous premise: in a city populated entirely by animals, the DMV is run by sloths. And this is highly frustrating to hyperactive bunnies.
The execution:
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