The Secret Hidden Meaning Of Wallace And Gromit You Missed
In spite of its charming animation style and British quirkiness, Wallace and Gromit actually has a darker hidden meaning that's easy to miss. Aardman Animation's 1989 short film A Grand Day Out first introduced the now-iconic characters of Wallace, a good-natured, cheese-loving inventor, and Gromit, his loyal and long-suffering beagle. Their popularity secured them a franchise consisting of four short films and one feature-length film—2005's Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit—winning three Academy Awards in the process.
On the surface, Wallace and Gromit tells the story of a man and his dog as they get themselves into wacky scrapes on account of their own ambitious inventing habits. The Wallace and Gromit movies usually center around one of Wallace's inventions malfunctioning, with Gromit more often than not coming to the rescue. The duo's wholesome and inoffensive dynamic has helped secure them a reputation as two of the most iconic British characters of all time.
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However, Wallace and Gromit'smovies all come with a hidden meaning: they tell the story of a class struggle. Wallace represents the privileged upper class, while Gromit represents the lower class that supports his master. Though this may seem to be a dark and particularly complex issue to explore within family-friendly short films, the idea is visited in each and every appearance of the characters, with their issues only ever being resolved when the two begin to work together.
Strangely, this draws parallels with other unrelated stories — including multiple Downton Abbey storylines — making Wallace and Gromit a far more biting social commentary than it may seem at a glance. Wallace's
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