IN ‘JURASSIC WORLD,’ A DINOSIZED ANIMAL-RIGHTS PARABLE
Jun 21, 2018
4 minutes
The dinosaurs of “Jurassic Park” are many things. They are special-effects wonders. They are unruly house guests. And they are some of the biggest, most foot-stomping metaphors around.
Since Steven Spielberg’s 1993 original, the dinos of “Jurassic Park” — many of them not light on their feet to be begin with — have been weighed down with meanings that sometimes shift movie to movie. If they look a touch tired in the latest “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” it could be from all the allegorical baggage they’ve been carrying.
Twenty-five years ago, the dinosaurs — wondrous and horrifying creations at once
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