Think we can rewind to the heady days before Trump and Brexit? Think again | Gary Younge

The referendum and US election results may seem disastrous, but they were symptoms of social divisions that have still not been resolved

In Shrek Forever After, the eponymous ogre opens his heart to the arch-schemer Rumpelstiltskin. Tired of family obligations, Shrek wants to live just one day as a footloose, scary, bachelor ogre. “Back when villagers were afraid of me,” he says. “And I could take a mud bath in peace. When I could do what I wanted, when I wanted to do it! Back when the world made sense!”

Rumpelstiltskin grants his wish but in return demands a day from Shrek’s life. Shrek agrees, not realising that Rumpelstiltskin picks the day he was born. The film then lays out a counterfactual dystopia, where Shrek’s absence leads to a kingdom ruled by Rumpelstiltskin in which persecuted ogres organise a resistance.

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