What ensues is Po’s “Hero journey” to prove himself. Kung Fu Panda, an animated action-comedy wuxia film, follows Po, a large, clumsy, noodle-making giant panda who is “accidently” named the fated master Dragon Warrior, much to everyone’s discontent. The monomyth-as termed by Joseph Campbell in The Hero with a Thousand Faces-serves as a paradigm for the development of protagonists in most all films, from suave secret agent James Bond to an anthropomorphic panda who is surprisingly adept at Kung Fu. Films transcend entertainment and enter cinematic artistry when the writer takes the generic “hero’s journey” and deconstructs or manipulates it. Screenwriters have a romantic and dependent engagement with the “hero” it is a challenge to find a film that does not employ a “Hero” element.
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