Rio 2 Representations:

The writer of Rio 2 believes that the animation is problematic because of who its characters are represented. The characters who are supposed to be living in Rio and were born in Rio are voiced by white Americans. This will be confusing for the viewer as the viewer will be expecting a rather foreign voice instead of an American voice. Different colour skin has been represented incorrectly in the film. For example, the humans in Rio are darker skinned and the humans who live in other countries are more of a pinkie colour. This could have been corrected by more research and looking into real life stories.


American stereotypes:
In films such as Shrek and Transformers the African-American stereo types have all been the same. Rio 2 isn't much different. Every African-American stereotype is very much the same as in every other film.

PEPs:

Dr Charles Da Costa has written material on racial stereotyping in animation and it has the context of the portrayals in it and he calls it 'PEPs'. Problem contexts, entertainment contexts and performance contexts. Within PEPs blacks are associated with vexing circumstances says Da Costa. He also says "Strive to pacify, make others happy and be exceptional or extraordinary – far from 'normal'. Villainy, exoticism, jocularity and athleticism are common indicators of this malaise. Images of ethnicity do not need to be conveyed within the narrow scope of PEPs."

Da Costa thinks that the character design process is too quick. If the designs of characters were taken slightly more seriously the stereotypes may not be so in the face of the viewer. Also he thinks that the stereotypes in animation these days are safe. For example, the different races in the animations are simple and haven't been thought about fully.

Turbo:  

In the film Turbo the voice of the white person's character goes further in life that the other characters that are voiced by the others such as people who are black or of other races. Overall, the white voiced american character goes further and achieves social mobility.