Shrek as DreamWorks Punishment

sometimes i think about the fact that Dreamworks was working on the Prince of Egypt and Shrek at the same time and would apparently send people to work on Shrek instead of the Prince of Egypt as a form of punishment the night i posted this i couldn’t find a source and i’ve been wondering ever since if maybe it was just some kind of fuckery up fever dream or something. but no, it’s real: As Shrek floundered, its status as the ugly stepchild at DreamWorks was reinforced. “It was known as the Gulag,” said one animator. “If you failed on Prince of Egypt . . . you were sent to the dungeons to work on Shrek.” The assignment was referred to as being “Shreked.” i learned something today

The meme contrasts a dramatic scene from The Prince of Egypt with Shrek and a screenshot claiming that DreamWorks sent struggling animators to work on Shrek as punishment. The joke treats Shrek as the studio’s unwanted “Gulag” assignment and expresses amused disbelief at the obscure production trivia. EN: The meme contrasts a dramatic scene from The Prince of Egypt with Shrek and a screenshot claiming that DreamWorks sent struggling animators to work on Shrek as punishment. The joke treats Shrek as the studio’s unwanted “Gulag” assignment and expresses amused disbelief at the obscure production trivia.

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