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** Another underlying theme was racism and genocide--when {{spoiler|Wikus 'pulls the plug' on the baby Prawns}} he is effectively {{spoiler|comitting genocide, much like what is going on in present-day Africa against -real- people}}. By giving the prawns such an inhuman appearance, and described as sub-human in intelligence--the film forces us to see these people the way a racist or racial supremacist may see others. This goes even further with the "For Humans Only" signs present in the advertising for the movie, as well as the fact that {{spoiler|the government freely experiments on the Poleepkwa--much like the Tuskeegee Syphilis experiment--because they're seen as sub-human. Similarly, the only thing they're interested in is the technology of the Poleepkwa--like the 'special athleticism' of African-Americans or the oil/natural resources of certain ethnic groups. They're also moving them to 'District 10', which Wikus outright says is a concentration camp--like the Japanese in [[WW 2]], and like the 'special' low-income housing that they sell to African-Americans while they're denied other places to live reserved for whites.}} The film in general excels at making us see through the eyes of the people we would otherwise hate--and it shows us how such people think. Just another one of the reasons this movie is amazing and mind-breaking.

* At first, it didn't make any sense to me that the [[Applied Phlebotinum|black goo fuel]] that CJ was trying to find would also have transmutative properties on humans. [[Fridge Logic|The Prawns seem to have insectoid physiology, so even if the goo could do that]] [[You Fail Biology Forever|it wouldn't work on humans, surely]]. But then I thought about how the weapons only work for the Prawns, and it all made sense. Prawn technology is partially based on DNA recognition, meaning the Prawns use organic tech, thus it isn't a stretch to assume that the goo is some form of organic component. This goes a long way in explaining it's effect on Wikus.

 

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