Because animated films by definition exaggerate characteristics and this is their appeal they have sometimes been accused of using stereotypes and walt disney animated films have historically been accused of this. In resent years Dreamworks have also been criticised of using stereotypical examples which might be considered unacceptable in modern times.
The article below discusses the dubious characterisation of an alpha dragon as the a black villain.
How to train a dragon - stereotypes.
Diversity in animation is often evident via the fanciful creatures that populate such stories. Big green ogres, cutesy blue smurfs, jocular bright-yellow minions. In How to Train Your Dragon 2 dragons are the diverse creatures of choice, ranging from the uber-spikey untrainable babies, to the salamander-like faithful Toothless, to the menacing mastadonesque alpha-dragon. The humans that race, ride, capture and love these dragons are far less diverse: Most are blonde, most are male, all are white, except the films villain, Drago.
http://oliviaacole.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/why-is-the-villain-in-dragon-2-the-only-non-white-character/
Representation is the act or an instance of representing or the state of being represented. Something that represents, as:
An image or likeness of something.
An amount or statement, as of facts, allegations or arguments
An expostulation, a protest
A presentation or production, as of a play
In politics, representation describe how some individuals stand in for others, for a certain time period. Representation usually refers to representative democracies, where elected officials nominally speak for their constituents in the in the legislature. Generally, only citizens are granted representation in the government in the form of voting rights.
Representation is the use of signs that stand in for and take the place of something else. It is through representation that people organised the world and reality through the act of naming its elements. Signs are arranged in order to form semantic constructions and express relations.
A representation is a type of recording in which the sensory information about a physical object is described in a medium. The degree to which an artistic representation resembles the object it represents is a function of resolution and does not bear on the denotation of the word.
Representation of Mona Lisa.
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