Adoption, Cynical Detachment, and New Age Beliefs in Juno and Kung Fu Panda

摘要

In his article \u22Adoption, Cynical Detachment, and New Age Beliefs in Juno and Kung Fu Panda\u22 Fu-Jen Chen situates his study within today\u27s prevailing climate of global consumption to argue that the 2007 film Juno—featuring an unconventional portrayal of the adoption triad and a cynical detachment from public values—not only trivializes and depoliticizes the practice of adoption but also serves as an ideological supplement to today\u27s global capitalism. Furthermore, Kung Fu Panda 1 \u26 2 (2008; 2011) provide two ideological messages of contemporary New Age spirituality—\u22the belief in nothing\u22 in part I, and \u22the attitude of inner peace\u22 in part II —that fit with and even fuel the world market economy.