One thing you're ignoring is that the 90%/10% split is based on nature; it's basically what they based everything off of, both plots.
What you're forgetting if it still bothers you is that predator/prey isn't the only majority/minority in play; in fact, every species is its own minority, when compared to everything else. There are at least 64 separate species animated for Zootopia, and the assumption is there are others that just never got seen. Each one of those species is a minority when compared to all other species. The closest we see in the movie are rabbits, who obviously have a large plurality, but not a majority. Plus, each species is dealing with its own unique set of stereotypes and prejudices, many negative (foxes are untrustworthy), some positive (lions are noble), a few pretty neutral (rabbits love carrots), but often wrong on an individual level.
The predator/prey divide is important, but it's not the only divide in Zootopia. Sheep may outnumber lions, but the number of animals that think sheep are dumb followers and lions are natural leaders outnumbers those that don't. The average mouse voter probably wishes Mickey could run again, but he or she would probably more likely to vote for the animal with leadership as its stereotype, even if said leader is a bit intimidating And that's not even considering the lion's actual platform; your problem with Mayor Lionheart assumes that species dynamics are the big issue, almost to the point it is the only issue, where the movie makes clear that, much like in our world, prejudice exists, but it is rarely obviously overt.
In fact, that's one of the major improvements of the new story over the old story. In the original version, Judy is overtly prejudiced against foxes; she assumes Nick is guilty of some crime at the beginning of the story, because he's a fox, and her character arc over the course of that story is learning foxes aren't automatically criminals. In the movie, Judy is not only not overtly prejudiced against foxes, she actively lectures her parents on why stereotyping foxes is bad; her prejudices are covert, and in fact, so covert, she is barely aware of them herself. Her character arc is now learning that even she has prejudices to overcome.
The other major improvement is that it allows the story to much more clearly deal with the real world; prejudice overtly exists in the form of the collars in the original (or at least older) version. In the real world, we don't, at this moment, put any minority in collars. So, the movie becomes about "who we were" or "who we might become," but not about "who we are." It is totally an angrier, darker version, and yet, would totally lack the gut punch of certain scenes in the finished movie, because it's about something people in the real world do.
One thing you're ignoring is that the 90%/10% split is based on nature; it's basically what they based everything off of, both plots.
What you're forgetting if it still bothers you is that predator/prey isn't the only majority/minority in play; in fact, every species is its own minority, when compared to everything else. There are at least 64 separate species animated for Zootopia, and the assumption is there are others that just never got seen. Each one of those species is a minority when compared to all other species. The closest we see in the movie are rabbits, who obviously have a large plurality, but not a majority. Plus, each species is dealing with its own unique set of stereotypes and prejudices, many negative (foxes are untrustworthy), some positive (lions are noble), a few pretty neutral (rabbits love carrots), but often wrong on an individual level.
The predator/prey divide is important, but it's not the only divide in Zootopia. Sheep may outnumber lions, but the number of animals that think sheep are dumb followers and lions are natural leaders outnumbers those that don't. The average mouse voter probably wishes Mickey could run again, but he or she would probably more likely to vote for the animal with leadership as its stereotype, even if said leader is a bit intimidating And that's not even considering the lion's actual platform; your problem with Mayor Lionheart assumes that species dynamics are the big issue, almost to the point it is the only issue, where the movie makes clear that, much like in our world, prejudice exists, but it is rarely obviously overt.
In fact, that's one of the major improvements of the new story over the old story. In the original version, Judy is overtly prejudiced against foxes; she assumes Nick is guilty of some crime at the beginning of the story, because he's a fox, and her character arc over the course of that story is learning foxes aren't automatically criminals. In the movie, Judy is not only not overtly prejudiced against foxes, she actively lectures her parents on why stereotyping foxes is bad; her prejudices are covert, and in fact, so covert, she is barely aware of them herself. Her character arc is now learning that even she has prejudices to overcome.
The other major improvement is that it allows the story to much more clearly deal with the real world; prejudice overtly exists in the form of the collars in the original (or at least older) version. In the real world, we don't, at this moment, put any minority in collars. So, the movie becomes about "who we were" or "who we might become," but not about "who we are." It is totally an angrier, darker version, and yet, would totally lack the gut punch of certain scenes in the finished movie, because it's about something people in the real world do.