There Is No Lesson To BEE Taken From A Comedy

Can you really find meaning in every comedy? Is there really a comedy that is not created just for the sake of entertainment? Can a bee teach some sort of life lesson? The answer is..of course not!

"The Bee Movie" is a DreamWorks Animation movie that came out in 2007. The movie is about Barry B. Benson, a college graduate, who has come to a point in his life where he has to choose the career that he will be taking on for the rest of his life. Although every other bee is able to choose a spot in the workforce of the bee hive, Barry struggles to accept his fate of a monotonous life and decides to take the courageous leap into the Pollen Jocks workforce (bees who fly into the world outside to collect pollen). Ultimately Barry thinks that he found some bigger purpose for his life, a very false assumption.

Now according to Aristotle's definition of a comedy, "The Bee Movie" follows the guidelines of a comedy (Barry being the sympathetic character who rises to a better position). However, for one to think that this animated movie about a bee has a larger meaning, that person would have to be completely crazy. There is no message to take, no greater human truth, no moral lesson to be taken from this movie. One might possibly be able to suggest that the movie insults businessmen and businesswomen who work a repetitive, and boring 9 to 5 job, but there is not much to take from that. No matter how hard one tries to search for the true meaning Barry's story, they will not find one or they will not find one that is worth the dreadful 91 minutes it takes for the movie to end.

Is comedy more meaningful than tragedy? Well, if we take a look at "The Bee Movie" the answer is clear as day. NO! This animated film was created simply to entertain those who have a lot of time to waste on a movie. It was created to place money in someone's pocket, whoever that may be.