Role Reversal In The Planet of the Apes Shows Our True Side The Planet of the Apes is a satirical look at human society. This series, through role reversal, shows the prejudice nature and discriminatory practices of humans by allowing only orangutans to hold positions of power, by having the other apes believe that all gorillas are war-like and stupid and by bringing to our attention that few chimpanzees earn positions of respect. Throughout the …showed first 75 words of 399 total…

…showed last 75 words of 399 total…In our society, the practice of not hiring minorities was so common, it was finally addressed by Affirmative Action. The Planet of the Apes series used role reversal to show how humans are prejudice and discriminatory. This series showed that these practices are built into are society. The apes, just like humans, felt they were very advanced but when you looked closely you could see that they could not even treat each other with respect.