Searching For- Zootopia - In-

The film’s genius is its opening train sequence. Judy Hopps, wide-eyed and fresh from Bunnyburrow, watches as the landscape shifts from rainforest to tundra to desert to miniature rodent city. The message is clear: This place was built for everyone.

Not the one in the movie. Not the one in our heads. Not the perfect society where no one is afraid and every habitat has climate control and the DMV is run by sloths (okay, that part is perfect). Searching for- zootopia in-

So he became it.

The subject line sat in my drafts folder for three months, naked and unfinished: “Searching for- zootopia in-” The film’s genius is its opening train sequence

But we know how the story goes. The utopia crumbles. The predators go savage. The mayor gets deposed. And the sweet, optimistic bunny learns a devastating lesson: a city designed for everyone can still be broken by the fear of each other. Not the one in the movie

But they’re searching. Together.

“You can't be a bunny,” the world tells Judy. “You can't be a fox,” it tells Nick. “You can't be a artist, a mother, a leader, a man who cries, a woman who yells.”