Latest / Verbal Diorama / Turning Red
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- 1:40Hi
- 1:40everyone.
- 1:41I'm
- 1:41Em,
- 1:41and
- 1:41welcome
- 1:42to
- 1:42bubble
- 1:42diorama,
- 1:43episode
- 1:43282,
- 1:45turning
- 1:45red.
- 1:46This
- 1:46is
- 1:46the
- 1:46podcast
- 1:47that's
- 1:47all
- 1:47about
- 1:47the
- 1:47history
- 1:48and
- 1:48legacy
- 1:48of
- 1:48movies
- 1:49you
- 1:49know
- 1:49and
- 1:49movies
- 1:50you
- 1:50don't.
- 1:50That'll
- 1:51never
- 1:51not
- 1:51be
- 1:52your
- 1:52ride
- 1:52or
- 1:52die.
- 1:53Welcome
- 1:53to
- 1:54Verbal
- 1:54Diorama.
- 1:54Whether
- 1:55you
- 1:55are
- 1:55a
- 1:56brand
- 1:57new
- 1:57listener,
- 1:57whether
- 1:57you
- 1:58are
- 1:58a
- 1:58regular
- 1:58returning
- 1:59listener,
- 2:00thank
- 2:00you
- 2:00for
- 2:00being
- 2:01here.
- 2:01Thank
- 2:01you
- 2:01for
- 2:01choosing
- 2:01to
- 2:02listen
- 2:02to
- 2:02this
- 2:02podcast.
- 2:03I'm
- 2:03so
- 2:04happy
- 2:04to
- 2:04have
- 2:04you
- 2:04here
- 2:05for
- 2:05the
- 2:05history
- 2:06and
- 2:06legacy
- 2:06of
- 2:07Turning
- 2:07Red.
- 2:08And
- 2:09a
- 2:09huge
- 2:09happy
- 2:10new
- 2:10year
- 2:10to
- 2:11you
- 2:11all.
- 2:11It
- 2:11is
- 2:12now
- 2:122025,
- 2:13and
- 2:14because
- 2:14it's
- 2:14the
- 2:14start
- 2:14of
- 2:142025,
- 2:15that
- 2:16means
- 2:16a
- 2:17huge
- 2:17welcome
- 2:18to
- 2:18Animation
- 2:19Season
- 2:192025.
- 2:21This
- 2:21is
- 2:21the
- 2:21fifth
- 2:22annual
- 2:22Animation
- 2:23Season.
- 2:24It
- 2:24is
- 2:24a
- 2:24celebration
- 2:25of
- 2:25animation
- 2:26in
- 2:26all
- 2:27forms.
- 2:27Traditional,
- 2:282D,
- 2:28hand
- 2:28drawn,
- 2:29stop
- 2:29motion,
- 2:30CGI.
- 2:31A
- 2:31mix
- 2:31of
- 2:32all
- 2:32of
- 2:32the
- 2:32above,
- 2:33featuring
- 2:34some
- 2:34of
- 2:34the
- 2:35greatest
- 2:35animation
- 2:36studios
- 2:36of
- 2:36all
- 2:37time.
- 2:37I've
- 2:38covered
- 2:38on
- 2:38this
- 2:38podcast,
- 2:39movies
- 2:39by
- 2:40Leica,
- 2:40Aardman,
- 2:41Disney
- 2:41Dreamworks,
- 2:42Pixar,
- 2:43Studio,
- 2:43Ghibli,
- 2:44Cartoon
- 2:44Saloon,
- 2:45even
- 2:46the
- 2:46studios
- 2:46that
- 2:46no
- 2:47longer
- 2:47exist,
- 2:48like
- 2:48Fox
- 2:48Animation,
- 2:49Don
- 2:49Bluth
- 2:50Studios
- 2:51Animation
- 2:51is
- 2:52not
- 2:52just
- 2:52for
- 2:53children.
- 2:53Animation
- 2:53is
- 2:54not
- 2:54a
- 2:54genre.
- 2:55It
- 2:55is
- 2:55the
- 2:55perfect
- 2:56art
- 2:56form.
- 2:56It
- 2:57is
- 2:57capable
- 2:57of
- 2:57depicting
- 2:58anything
- 2:59and
- 2:59anyone
- 3:00without
- 3:00the
- 3:01limitations
- 3:01of
- 3:01live
- 3:02action
- 3:02cinema.
- 3:03This
- 3:03is
- 3:03one
- 3:03of
- 3:03the
- 3:04reasons
- 3:04why
- 3:04animation
- 3:04season
- 3:05is
- 3:05so
- 3:05important
- 3:06to
- 3:07me,
- 3:07especially
- 3:07because
- 3:08I
- 3:08want
- 3:08to
- 3:08highlight
- 3:09incredible
- 3:10animated
- 3:10films
- 3:11that
- 3:11you
- 3:11may
- 3:11have
- 3:12discounted
- 3:12for
- 3:13whatever
- 3:13reason,
- 3:14but
- 3:14you're
- 3:14missing
- 3:15out
- 3:15on
- 3:15some
- 3:16incredible
- 3:16visuals
- 3:17and
- 3:17storytelling.
- 3:18And
- 3:18that's
- 3:19why
- 3:19I
- 3:19love
- 3:19to
- 3:19do
- 3:19this
- 3:20animation
- 3:20season
- 3:21every
- 3:21January
- 3:21and
- 3:22February.
- 3:23And
- 3:23this
- 3:23year,
- 3:24even
- 3:24if
- 3:24I
- 3:24do
- 3:24say
- 3:25so
- 3:25myself,
- 3:25there
- 3:25are
- 3:26some
- 3:26absolute
- 3:26doozies
- 3:27in
- 3:27the
- 3:27schedule.
- 3:28Movies
- 3:29I
- 3:29get
- 3:29asked
- 3:29about
- 3:30when
- 3:30I'm
- 3:30doing
- 3:31animated
- 3:32cult
- 3:32favorites,
- 3:33Oscar
- 3:33nominees,
- 3:34Oscar
- 3:35winners,
- 3:36movies
- 3:36that
- 3:37I
- 3:37think
- 3:37deserve
- 3:38a
- 3:38bit
- 3:38more
- 3:38love.
- 3:39And
- 3:39Turning
- 3:40Red
- 3:40is
- 3:41one
- 3:41such
- 3:41movie.
- 3:42But
- 3:43as
- 3:43Always.
- 3:43I'm
- 3:44hugely
- 3:44grateful
- 3:44to
- 3:45everyone
- 3:45who
- 3:45listens
- 3:45to
- 3:46this
- 3:46podcast
- 3:46and
- 3:47has
- 3:47continued
- 3:47to
- 3:47listen
- 3:48to
- 3:48and
- 3:48support
- 3:48this
- 3:48podcast.
- 3:49This
- 3:50podcast
- 3:50is
- 3:50almost
- 3:50six
- 3:51years
- 3:51old.
- 3:51It
- 3:51turns
- 3:52six
- 3:52next
- 3:52month
- 3:53in
- 3:53February.
- 3:54I
- 3:54have
- 3:55now
- 3:55achieved
- 3:55over
- 3:56280
- 3:56episodes
- 3:57on
- 3:57this
- 3:57podcast
- 3:58and
- 3:58I
- 3:59honestly
- 3:59could
- 3:59not
- 3:59do
- 3:59it
- 4:00without
- 4:00the
- 4:00continued
- 4:01support
- 4:01of
- 4:02everyone
- 4:02listening.
- 4:032025
- 4:04is
- 4:04here.
- 4:05Bizarrely,
- 4:06time
- 4:06just
- 4:06keeps
- 4:07ticking
- 4:07away.
- 4:08But
- 4:09we
- 4:09were
- 4:09all
- 4:09a
- 4:10teenager
- 4:10once.
- 4:11We
- 4:11may
- 4:11not
- 4:11want
- 4:11to
- 4:12remember
- 4:12those
- 4:12times,
- 4:13but
- 4:13we
- 4:13were
- 4:13all
- 4:1413
- 4:15once
- 4:15upon
- 4:15a
- 4:15time.
- 4:16And
- 4:16we
- 4:16all
- 4:17know
- 4:17what
- 4:17an
- 4:17absolute
- 4:18hellscape
- 4:18it
- 4:19was
- 4:19to
- 4:20be
- 4:20a
- 4:20teenager.
- 4:21Now,
- 4:22I
- 4:22can't
- 4:22comment
- 4:22on
- 4:22the
- 4:23experience
- 4:23of
- 4:23being
- 4:23a
- 4:2413
- 4:24year
- 4:24old
- 4:24boy
- 4:25because
- 4:25I
- 4:26never
- 4:26was
- 4:26a
- 4:2613
- 4:27year
- 4:27old
- 4:27boy.
- 4:27However,
- 4:28I
- 4:28was
- 4:29once
- 4:29a
- 4:2913
- 4:29year
- 4:30old
- 4:30girl.
- 4:30And
- 4:31this
- 4:31movie
- 4:31to
- 4:31me
- 4:32just
- 4:32encapsulates
- 4:33everything
- 4:34I
- 4:34felt
- 4:35about
- 4:35being
- 4:35a
- 4:3613
- 4:36year
- 4:36old
- 4:36girl
- 4:37in
- 4:37the
- 4:3790s.
- 4:38But
- 4:39without
- 4:39further
- 4:40ado,
- 4:41let's
- 4:41jump
- 4:41into
- 4:41the
- 4:42first
- 4:42episode
- 4:43of
- 4:43Animation
- 4:44Season
- 4:442025
- 4:45of
- 4:45Verbal
- 4:45Diorama.
- 4:46In
- 4:462025,
- 4:48it's
- 4:48time
- 4:48for
- 4:48the
- 4:49red
- 4:49peony
- 4:49to
- 4:50bloom.
- 4:50Here's
- 4:51the
- 4:51trailer
- 4:51for
- 4:52Turning
- 4:52red.
- 7:14Meilin
- 7:19Lee.
- 7:19A
- 7:19confident
- 7:19and
- 7:20ambitious
- 7:2013
- 7:20year
- 7:21old
- 7:21Chinese
- 7:22Canadian
- 7:22girl
- 7:23is
- 7:23navigating
- 7:24adolescence
- 7:24in
- 7:24Toronto.
- 7:25May
- 7:26struggles
- 7:26to
- 7:26balance
- 7:27her
- 7:27responsibilities
- 7:28as
- 7:28a
- 7:28dutiful
- 7:29daughter
- 7:29to
- 7:29her
- 7:29overprotective
- 7:30mother,
- 7:30Ming,
- 7:31with
- 7:31her
- 7:31growing
- 7:32desire
- 7:32for
- 7:32independence.
- 7:33One
- 7:34day,
- 7:34Mei
- 7:35discovers
- 7:35she
- 7:35transforms
- 7:36into
- 7:36a
- 7:36giant
- 7:37red
- 7:37panda
- 7:37whenever
- 7:38she
- 7:38experiences
- 7:39strong
- 7:39emotions,
- 7:40a
- 7:40phenomenon
- 7:41tied
- 7:41to
- 7:41a
- 7:41mystical
- 7:42family
- 7:42curse.
- 7:43Initially
- 7:44mortified
- 7:44by
- 7:44her
- 7:45newfound
- 7:45condition,
- 7:46Mei
- 7:46learns
- 7:47to
- 7:47embrace
- 7:47her
- 7:47Panda,
- 7:48finding
- 7:49joy
- 7:49and
- 7:49confidence
- 7:50in
- 7:50her
- 7:50unique
- 7:50abilities.
- 7:51As
- 7:52Mei
- 7:52and
- 7:52her
- 7:52friends
- 7:53embark
- 7:53on
- 7:53fundraising
- 7:54schemes
- 7:54to
- 7:55attend
- 7:55the
- 7:554
- 7:55TAM
- 7:56concert,
- 7:56her
- 7:57favorite
- 7:57boy
- 7:57band,
- 7:58tensions
- 7:59rise
- 7:59between
- 7:59May's
- 8:00personal
- 8:00desires
- 8:01and
- 8:01her
- 8:01mother's
- 8:02strict
- 8:03expectations.
- 8:05Let's
- 8:05run
- 8:05through
- 8:05the
- 8:06cast
- 8:06of
- 8:06this
- 8:06movie.
- 8:07We
- 8:07have
- 8:07Rosalie
- 8:08Chang
- 8:08as
- 8:09Meilin
- 8:09Lee,
- 8:10Sandra
- 8:10oh
- 8:11as
- 8:11Ming
- 8:11Lee,
- 8:12Eva
- 8:13Morse
- 8:13as
- 8:13Miriam
- 8:14Mendelsohn,
- 8:15Mitreyi
- 8:16Ramakrishnan
- 8:17as
- 8:17Priya
- 8:17Mandal,
- 8:18Hyen
- 8:19park
- 8:19as
- 8:20Abby
- 8:20Park,
- 8:21Orion
- 8:21Lee
- 8:22as
- 8:22Jin
- 8:22Lee,
- 8:23Wai
- 8:24Ching
- 8:24Ho
- 8:24as
- 8:25Wu
- 8:25Tristan,
- 8:26Alaric
- 8:27Chen
- 8:27as
- 8:27Tyler
- 8:28Wen
- 8:28Baker
- 8:29and
- 8:30James
- 8:30Hong
- 8:30as
- 8:31Mr.
- 8:31Gao
- 8:32turning
- 8:33red
- 8:33has
- 8:33a
- 8:33screenplay
- 8:34by
- 8:34Julia
- 8:34Cho
- 8:35and
- 8:35Domee
- 8:35Shi,
- 8:36a
- 8:36story
- 8:37by
- 8:37Domee
- 8:37Shi,
- 8:38Julia
- 8:38Cho
- 8:39and
- 8:39Sarah
- 8:39Stryker,
- 8:40and
- 8:41was
- 8:41directed
- 8:41by
- 8:42Domee
- 8:42Shi
- 8:43So
- 8:44as
- 8:44I
- 8:44mentioned,
- 8:44this
- 8:44is
- 8:45the
- 8:45first
- 8:45episode
- 8:45of
- 8:46animation
- 8:46season
- 8:462025
- 8:48and
- 8:48like
- 8:49last
- 8:49year,
- 8:49I'm
- 8:50starting
- 8:50with
- 8:50a
- 8:50Pixar
- 8:51movie.
- 8:52Last
- 8:52year
- 8:52I
- 8:53started
- 8:53with
- 8:54Wally
- 8:55and
- 8:55some
- 8:55of
- 8:55the
- 8:55crew
- 8:55on
- 8:56this
- 8:56movie
- 8:56started
- 8:57out
- 8:57on
- 8:57Wall
- 8:58E.
- 8:58This
- 8:59one
- 8:59is
- 8:59more
- 8:59modern.
- 9:00It
- 9:00came
- 9:00out
- 9:00during
- 9:01the
- 9:01Pandemic
- 9:01and
- 9:01it
- 9:02suffered
- 9:02commercially
- 9:03for
- 9:03that.
- 9:04But
- 9:05cards
- 9:05on
- 9:05the
- 9:05table,
- 9:06Turning
- 9:06Red
- 9:06is
- 9:07very
- 9:07much
- 9:07my
- 9:07movie
- 9:08because
- 9:08I,
- 9:09like
- 9:0949.6%
- 9:11of
- 9:11the
- 9:11world's
- 9:11population,
- 9:12have
- 9:13experience
- 9:13being
- 9:14a
- 9:14teenage
- 9:14girl
- 9:15starting
- 9:15puberty,
- 9:16getting
- 9:17my
- 9:17first
- 9:17period
- 9:18and
- 9:18feeling
- 9:19like
- 9:19a
- 9:19disgusting
- 9:19red
- 9:20beast.
- 9:21Turning
- 9:21Red
- 9:21was
- 9:22the
- 9:22last
- 9:22of
- 9:22the
- 9:22Pixar
- 9:23pandemic
- 9:23movies
- 9:23that
- 9:24ended
- 9:24up
- 9:24on
- 9:24Disney
- 9:24plus
- 9:25instead
- 9:25of
- 9:26getting
- 9:26a
- 9:26full
- 9:27cinema
- 9:27release.
- 9:28But
- 9:28none
- 9:28of
- 9:28them,
- 9:29Onward,
- 9:30Soul
- 9:30and
- 9:30Luca,
- 9:31suffered
- 9:32financially
- 9:32as
- 9:32much
- 9:33as
- 9:33Turning
- 9:33Red
- 9:33did.
- 9:34Now,
- 9:34the
- 9:35fact
- 9:35that
- 9:35Lightyear
- 9:36came
- 9:36out
- 9:36a
- 9:36few
- 9:37months
- 9:37later
- 9:38and
- 9:38made
- 9:38ten
- 9:39times
- 9:39as
- 9:39much
- 9:39money
- 9:40always
- 9:40felt
- 9:41like
- 9:41a
- 9:41bit
- 9:41of
- 9:41a
- 9:41travesty
- 9:42to
- 9:42me
- 9:42because
- 9:42this
- 9:43movie,
- 9:43in
- 9:44my
- 9:44humble
- 9:44opinion,
- 9:45is
- 9:45way
- 9:46better
- 9:46than
- 9:46Lightyear.
- 9:47Turning
- 9:48Red
- 9:48deserves
- 9:48better.
- 9:49Turning
- 9:49Red
- 9:50gets
- 9:50to
- 9:51kick
- 9:51off
- 9:51Animation
- 9:52Season
- 9:522025
- 9:53in
- 9:53style.
- 9:54We
- 9:54get
- 9:54to
- 9:54embrace
- 9:55the
- 9:55Panda
- 9:56Four
- 9:56Town
- 9:56forever,
- 9:57with
- 9:57the
- 9:57four
- 9:58in
- 9:58forever
- 9:58being
- 9:58the
- 9:59number
- 9:59four,
- 9:59because
- 9:59that's
- 10:00how
- 10:00we
- 10:00did
- 10:00it
- 10:00in
- 10:01the
- 10:01early
- 10:012000s.
- 10:02And
- 10:03at
- 10:03the
- 10:03heart
- 10:03of
- 10:03this
- 10:03movie
- 10:04is
- 10:04writer
- 10:05director
- 10:05Dongmi
- 10:06Shi.
- 10:06She
- 10:07was
- 10:07born
- 10:07in
- 10:07China.
- 10:07She
- 10:08immigrated
- 10:08to
- 10:08Canada
- 10:09with
- 10:09her
- 10:09parents
- 10:09when
- 10:09she
- 10:10was
- 10:102
- 10:10years
- 10:10old.
- 10:11Like
- 10:11Mei,
- 10:12she's
- 10:12an
- 10:12only
- 10:12child.
- 10:13She
- 10:13interned
- 10:14at
- 10:14Pixar
- 10:14in
- 10:152011
- 10:15after
- 10:16graduating
- 10:16from
- 10:16Sheridan
- 10:17College
- 10:17and
- 10:18after
- 10:18being
- 10:18her
- 10:18high
- 10:19school's
- 10:19vice
- 10:19president
- 10:20of
- 10:20the
- 10:20Anime
- 10:21Club,
- 10:22Obviously.
- 10:22She
- 10:23also
- 10:23uploaded
- 10:23her
- 10:24fan
- 10:24artwork
- 10:24to
- 10:24DeviantArt.
- 10:26She
- 10:26was
- 10:26initially
- 10:27turned
- 10:27down
- 10:27for
- 10:27a
- 10:27Pixar
- 10:28internship,
- 10:29but
- 10:29applied
- 10:30again
- 10:30on
- 10:30the
- 10:30advice
- 10:30of
- 10:31her
- 10:31father
- 10:31and
- 10:32got
- 10:32the
- 10:32internship
- 10:33and
- 10:33was
- 10:33eventually
- 10:34offered
- 10:34a
- 10:34full
- 10:34time
- 10:35job
- 10:35at
- 10:35the
- 10:35studio.
- 10:36The
- 10:36first
- 10:36movie
- 10:37she
- 10:37worked
- 10:37on
- 10:38was
- 10:38Inside
- 10:39out
- 10:39as
- 10:39a
- 10:39storyboard
- 10:40artist.
- 10:41She
- 10:41also
- 10:41worked
- 10:42as
- 10:42a
- 10:42story
- 10:42artist
- 10:43on
- 10:43the
- 10:43Good
- 10:43Dinosaur
- 10:44Toy
- 10:44Story
- 10:454
- 10:45and
- 10:45as
- 10:45additional
- 10:46story
- 10:46artist
- 10:46on
- 10:47Incredibles
- 10:472.
- 10:48But
- 10:48her
- 10:49passion
- 10:49project
- 10:49was
- 10:50none
- 10:50of
- 10:50those
- 10:50Things.
- 10:51It
- 10:51was
- 10:52Bao.
- 10:53She
- 10:53started
- 10:54sketching
- 10:54Bao
- 10:55in
- 10:552014
- 10:56and
- 10:56began
- 10:56working
- 10:56on
- 10:57it
- 10:57as
- 10:57a
- 10:57side
- 10:58project.
- 10:58She
- 10:59based
- 10:59it
- 10:59on
- 10:59her
- 11:00experiences
- 11:00of
- 11:01growing
- 11:01up
- 11:01as
- 11:01an
- 11:01only
- 11:02child
- 11:03and
- 11:03being,
- 11:03quote,
- 11:04an
- 11:04overprotected
- 11:05little
- 11:05steamed
- 11:06bun.
- 11:06End
- 11:07quote.
- 11:07She
- 11:08was
- 11:08also
- 11:08inspired
- 11:08by
- 11:08traditional
- 11:09dark
- 11:09folk
- 11:10tales
- 11:10and
- 11:10children's
- 11:11stories,
- 11:11as
- 11:12well
- 11:12as
- 11:12Studio
- 11:13Ghibli's
- 11:13My
- 11:14Neighbors,
- 11:14the
- 11:14Yamadas
- 11:15and
- 11:15Spirited
- 11:16Away.
- 11:16Bao
- 11:17was
- 11:17pitched
- 11:18to
- 11:18Pete
- 11:18Docter
- 11:19and
- 11:19approved
- 11:19as
- 11:20a
- 11:20Pixar
- 11:20short
- 11:20in
- 11:212015,
- 11:22making
- 11:22she
- 11:23the
- 11:23first
- 11:23woman
- 11:24to
- 11:24direct
- 11:24a
- 11:24short
- 11:24film
- 11:25for
- 11:25Pixar,
- 11:26the
- 11:26first
- 11:26time
- 11:27in
- 11:2735
- 11:27shorts
- 11:28for
- 11:28the
- 11:28studio.
- 11:29Bao
- 11:30premiered
- 11:30at
- 11:30the
- 11:30Tribeca
- 11:31film
- 11:31festival
- 11:32in
- 11:32April
- 11:322018,
- 11:33featured
- 11:34before
- 11:34Incredibles
- 11:352
- 11:35in
- 11:35cinemas,
- 11:36and
- 11:37she
- 11:37also
- 11:37became
- 11:38the
- 11:38first
- 11:38woman
- 11:39of
- 11:39color
- 11:39to
- 11:39win
- 11:39the
- 11:40Academy
- 11:40Award
- 11:41for
- 11:41Best
- 11:41Animated
- 11:42short
- 11:42film
- 11:43for
- 11:43Bao.
- 11:44But
- 11:45Donu
- 11:45Xi
- 11:45wasn't
- 11:46done
- 11:46with
- 11:46those
- 11:47firsts.
- 11:47On
- 11:4731st
- 11:48October
- 11:492017,
- 11:50she
- 11:50was
- 11:50invited
- 11:50to
- 11:50pitch
- 11:51three
- 11:51ideas
- 11:52to
- 11:52Pixar.
- 11:52After
- 11:53the
- 11:53success
- 11:53of
- 11:54Bao,
- 11:54all
- 11:55were
- 11:55coming
- 11:55of
- 11:55age
- 11:56stories
- 11:56centered
- 11:56on
- 11:56teenage
- 11:57girls,
- 11:57and
- 11:58the
- 11:58winning
- 11:58pitch
- 11:59was
- 11:59about
- 11:59magical
- 12:00puberty,
- 12:01centered
- 12:01around
- 12:01a
- 12:02Chinese
- 12:02Canadian
- 12:03mother
- 12:03and
- 12:03daughter,
- 12:04and
- 12:04Pete
- 12:05Docter,
- 12:05as
- 12:05Pixar's
- 12:06new
- 12:06chief
- 12:06creative
- 12:07officer,
- 12:08wanted
- 12:08more
- 12:08stories
- 12:09from
- 12:09personal
- 12:09experiences
- 12:10and
- 12:11from
- 12:11minority
- 12:12groups.
- 12:12This
- 12:13shift
- 12:13started
- 12:14with
- 12:14Luca,
- 12:15which
- 12:15had
- 12:15long
- 12:15been
- 12:15seen
- 12:16as
- 12:16a
- 12:16metaphor
- 12:16for
- 12:17not
- 12:17only
- 12:17puberty
- 12:18and
- 12:18feeling
- 12:18like
- 12:18an
- 12:19outsider,
- 12:19but
- 12:20also
- 12:20the
- 12:20experience
- 12:21of
- 12:21being
- 12:22lgbtq.
- 12:23Director
- 12:24Enrico
- 12:24Casarosa's
- 12:25biographical
- 12:26coming
- 12:26of
- 12:26age
- 12:26story
- 12:27was
- 12:27never
- 12:27seriously
- 12:28discussed
- 12:29as
- 12:29being
- 12:29a
- 12:29canonically
- 12:30queer
- 12:30story
- 12:31during
- 12:31the
- 12:31making
- 12:32of
- 12:32Luca,
- 12:33but
- 12:33it's
- 12:33since
- 12:34being
- 12:34adopted
- 12:34as
- 12:34such
- 12:35by
- 12:35the
- 12:35LGBTQ
- 12:36community.
- 12:37And
- 12:37even
- 12:37if
- 12:38it's
- 12:38not
- 12:38canonically
- 12:39queer,
- 12:39if
- 12:40it
- 12:40speaks
- 12:40to
- 12:40queer
- 12:41people,
- 12:41then
- 12:42it
- 12:42speaks
- 12:42to
- 12:43queer
- 12:43people.
- 12:44But
- 12:44Luca
- 12:44really
- 12:45heralded
- 12:45the
- 12:45change
- 12:46for
- 12:46more
- 12:46biographical
- 12:47stories,
- 12:48and
- 12:48the
- 12:48product
- 12:48of
- 12:49that
- 12:49change,
- 12:50led
- 12:50by
- 12:50Domee
- 12:51Shi,
- 12:51which
- 12:51was
- 12:52then
- 12:52called
- 12:52Red,
- 12:53was
- 12:53announced
- 12:54in
- 12:54May
- 12:542018
- 12:55as
- 12:55the
- 12:55first
- 12:56full
- 12:56length
- 12:56Pixar
- 12:57movie
- 12:57to
- 12:58be
- 12:58solely
- 12:58directed
- 12:59by
- 12:59a
- 12:59female
- 12:59director
- 13:00and
- 13:01a
- 13:01woman
- 13:01of
- 13:01color.
- 13:02The
- 13:02film's
- 13:02lead
- 13:03creative
- 13:03team
- 13:04would
- 13:04also
- 13:04be
- 13:04the
- 13:04first
- 13:05all
- 13:05female
- 13:06team
- 13:06for
- 13:06Pixar,
- 13:07including
- 13:07producer
- 13:08Lindsay
- 13:08Collins,
- 13:09who
- 13:09joined
- 13:09the
- 13:10studio
- 13:10in
- 13:101997
- 13:11and
- 13:11co
- 13:12produced
- 13:12Wally,
- 13:13produced
- 13:13Finding
- 13:14Dory,
- 13:14and
- 13:15also
- 13:15production
- 13:15designer
- 13:16Rona
- 13:16Liu,
- 13:17who'd
- 13:17worked
- 13:17with
- 13:18Domee
- 13:18Shi
- 13:18On
- 13:19Bao,
- 13:19they
- 13:20were
- 13:20all
- 13:20encouraged
- 13:21to
- 13:21tap
- 13:21into
- 13:21their
- 13:22tween
- 13:22selves
- 13:22and
- 13:22embrace
- 13:23those
- 13:23beautifully
- 13:24blundering
- 13:25memories,
- 13:25those
- 13:26cringy
- 13:26crushes
- 13:27and
- 13:27those
- 13:27adolescent
- 13:28obsessions.
- 13:29The
- 13:30look
- 13:30of
- 13:30Turning
- 13:31Red
- 13:31would
- 13:31take
- 13:31the
- 13:31symbolism
- 13:32of
- 13:32the
- 13:32Chinese
- 13:33culture
- 13:33Domee
- 13:34Shi
- 13:34grew
- 13:34up
- 13:34with,
- 13:35as
- 13:35well
- 13:35as
- 13:35the
- 13:35anime
- 13:36she
- 13:36watched
- 13:36and
- 13:37the
- 13:37manga
- 13:37she
- 13:37drew
- 13:38and
- 13:38loved
- 13:38as
- 13:38a
- 13:39child,
- 13:39as
- 13:40well
- 13:40as
- 13:40the
- 13:40awkward
- 13:41hormones
- 13:41growing
- 13:42up
- 13:42lusting
- 13:43after
- 13:43boy
- 13:44bands
- 13:44and,
- 13:45well,
- 13:46all
- 13:46the
- 13:46red
- 13:47Red
- 13:48would
- 13:48mean
- 13:48more
- 13:49than
- 13:49the
- 13:49obvious
- 13:49period
- 13:50talk.
- 13:50Red
- 13:51is
- 13:51the
- 13:51main
- 13:51color
- 13:52of
- 13:52both
- 13:52the
- 13:52Canadian
- 13:53and
- 13:53Chinese
- 13:54flags.
- 13:54Red
- 13:55is
- 13:55also
- 13:55a
- 13:55lucky
- 13:56color
- 13:56in
- 13:56China,
- 13:57associated
- 13:57with
- 13:58good
- 13:58fortune
- 13:58and
- 13:59joy.
- 13:59A
- 14:00hong
- 14:00bao,
- 14:01a
- 14:01red
- 14:01envelope
- 14:01stuffed
- 14:02with
- 14:02money,
- 14:02is
- 14:02the
- 14:03usual
- 14:03gift
- 14:03in
- 14:03Chinese
- 14:04communities
- 14:05for
- 14:05Chinese
- 14:06New
- 14:06Year,
- 14:06birthdays,
- 14:07marriages
- 14:08and
- 14:08other
- 14:08special
- 14:08occasions,
- 14:09as
- 14:10well
- 14:10as
- 14:10the
- 14:10red
- 14:11panda
- 14:11native
- 14:12to
- 14:12China.
- 14:13They
- 14:13are
- 14:13cute,
- 14:13they
- 14:14are
- 14:14cuddly
- 14:14and
- 14:15fluffy,
- 14:15they're
- 14:16very
- 14:16close
- 14:16to
- 14:16their
- 14:17mothers,
- 14:17they
- 14:17sleep
- 14:18all
- 14:18day
- 14:18and
- 14:18they
- 14:19eat
- 14:19food
- 14:19that's
- 14:19not
- 14:20nutritious
- 14:20enough
- 14:20for
- 14:21them,
- 14:21just
- 14:22like
- 14:22teenagers.
- 14:23The
- 14:23team
- 14:23studied
- 14:24red
- 14:24pandas
- 14:25at
- 14:25the
- 14:25San
- 14:25Francisco
- 14:26Zoo,
- 14:26where
- 14:26a
- 14:26red
- 14:27panda
- 14:27was
- 14:28named
- 14:28May
- 14:28Lee
- 14:29in
- 14:29honor
- 14:29of
- 14:30the
- 14:30main
- 14:30character
- 14:30in
- 14:31Turning
- 14:31Red
- 14:31on
- 14:32the
- 14:32movie's
- 14:32day
- 14:32of
- 14:33release.
- 14:34Some
- 14:34of
- 14:34the
- 14:34other
- 14:35title
- 14:35ideas
- 14:35for
- 14:36the
- 14:36movie
- 14:36include
- 14:37Primal
- 14:38of
- 14:38Life,
- 14:39Bet
- 14:39on
- 14:39Red
- 14:40Red
- 14:40Reflections,
- 14:42Peony
- 14:42Blossom,
- 14:43Panda
- 14:44Prime
- 14:44Red
- 14:45and
- 14:45Redder
- 14:46the
- 14:46Red
- 14:46Inside,
- 14:47PMS
- 14:48Panda
- 14:49Mayhem
- 14:49Story,
- 14:50Big
- 14:50Burden,
- 14:51Notorious
- 14:52rpg,
- 14:53Red
- 14:54Panda
- 14:54Girl
- 14:55and
- 14:55and
- 14:56a
- 14:56Panda.
- 14:57I'm
- 14:57actually
- 14:58a
- 14:58big
- 14:58fan
- 14:58of
- 14:58Notorious
- 14:59rpg.
- 15:00I
- 15:00think
- 15:00that's
- 15:00a
- 15:00great
- 15:01title.
- 15:02The
- 15:02movie
- 15:02takes
- 15:02place
- 15:03in
- 15:03Toronto,
- 15:03but
- 15:03it
- 15:03was
- 15:04actually
- 15:04San
- 15:04Francisco's
- 15:05Chinatown
- 15:06that
- 15:06served
- 15:07as
- 15:07a
- 15:07design
- 15:07inspiration.
- 15:08And
- 15:09while
- 15:09the
- 15:09production
- 15:09visited
- 15:10several
- 15:10Chinese
- 15:11temples
- 15:11for
- 15:11design
- 15:12inspiration
- 15:12for
- 15:12the
- 15:12Li
- 15:13family
- 15:13temple,
- 15:14it
- 15:14was
- 15:14the
- 15:14Bok
- 15:15Kai
- 15:15Temple
- 15:15in
- 15:16Marysville,
- 15:16California
- 15:17that
- 15:17served
- 15:18as
- 15:18the
- 15:18main
- 15:18point
- 15:18of
- 15:19reference
- 15:19for
- 15:19for
- 15:19the
- 15:20Li
- 15:20family
- 15:20temple.
- 15:21Built
- 15:22in
- 15:221880,
- 15:23it
- 15:23is
- 15:23the
- 15:23only
- 15:24in
- 15:24situ
- 15:2419th
- 15:25century
- 15:26Chinese
- 15:26temple
- 15:27in
- 15:27the
- 15:27United
- 15:27States
- 15:28that
- 15:28is
- 15:28still
- 15:28active.
- 15:30And
- 15:30this
- 15:30movie
- 15:31is
- 15:31also
- 15:31set
- 15:32in
- 15:322002.
- 15:33When
- 15:34phones
- 15:34flipped,
- 15:35you
- 15:35burned
- 15:36CDs
- 15:36for
- 15:36friends
- 15:37and
- 15:37yes,
- 15:38Tamagotchis
- 15:39was
- 15:39still
- 15:39a
- 15:39thing.
- 15:40It
- 15:40was
- 15:40coming
- 15:40to
- 15:40the
- 15:41end
- 15:41of
- 15:41being
- 15:41a
- 15:41thing.
- 15:42But
- 15:42looking
- 15:42after
- 15:43virtual
- 15:43pets
- 15:43was
- 15:44literally
- 15:44your
- 15:44first
- 15:45attempt
- 15:45at
- 15:45keeping
- 15:45something
- 15:46alive.
- 15:46And
- 15:47they
- 15:47died
- 15:47really
- 15:48easily.
- 15:48Mine
- 15:49did
- 15:49anyway,
- 15:49except
- 15:50mine
- 15:50was
- 15:50never
- 15:51an
- 15:51official
- 15:51Tamagotchi.
- 15:52But
- 15:52yes,
- 15:53I
- 15:53had
- 15:53flip
- 15:54phones
- 15:54and
- 15:55I
- 15:55still
- 15:55have
- 15:55CDs
- 15:56that
- 15:56my
- 15:56friends
- 15:57burned
- 15:57for
- 15:57me
- 15:58all
- 15:58those
- 15:58years
- 15:58ago
- 15:59because
- 15:59I
- 16:00just
- 16:00do
- 16:00not
- 16:00want
- 16:00to
- 16:00get
- 16:01rid
- 16:01of
- 16:01them.
- 16:01I
- 16:01do
- 16:01not
- 16:01want
- 16:02to
- 16:02throw
- 16:02them
- 16:02away
- 16:02because
- 16:03they
- 16:03are
- 16:03so
- 16:03nostalgic.
- 16:04The
- 16:05design
- 16:05team
- 16:05turned
- 16:06to
- 16:06the
- 16:062D
- 16:06look
- 16:07of
- 16:07anime
- 16:08as
- 16:08the
- 16:08driving
- 16:08stylistic
- 16:09force
- 16:09for
- 16:09turning
- 16:10red.
- 16:10This
- 16:11meant
- 16:11tweaking
- 16:11the
- 16:12hyper
- 16:12realistic
- 16:13norm
- 16:13at
- 16:13Pixar
- 16:14to
- 16:14fit
- 16:14their
- 16:14vision,
- 16:15bending
- 16:15the
- 16:16way
- 16:16they
- 16:16did,
- 16:16modeling,
- 16:17shading
- 16:17and
- 16:17lighting
- 16:18to
- 16:18be
- 16:18more
- 16:18graphic.
- 16:19Using
- 16:20anime
- 16:20influences
- 16:21like
- 16:21Doraemon,
- 16:22sailor
- 16:22moon,
- 16:23ranma,
- 16:241/2
- 16:24fruits
- 16:25basket
- 16:25and
- 16:25inuyasha.
- 16:27My
- 16:27neighbor
- 16:27Totoro's
- 16:28Totoro
- 16:29inspired
- 16:29the
- 16:30look
- 16:30of
- 16:30red
- 16:31Panda
- 16:31Mei
- 16:32and
- 16:32unsurprisingly,
- 16:33Studio
- 16:33Ghibli
- 16:34also
- 16:34inspired
- 16:35the
- 16:35delicious
- 16:35looking
- 16:36food
- 16:36that
- 16:36Mei's
- 16:37father
- 16:37is
- 16:37cooking.
- 16:38They
- 16:38learned
- 16:39on
- 16:39Bao
- 16:39about
- 16:40the
- 16:40textual
- 16:40and
- 16:41light
- 16:41response
- 16:41to
- 16:41the
- 16:42food.
- 16:42The
- 16:42shape
- 16:43can
- 16:43be
- 16:43stylized,
- 16:44but
- 16:44the
- 16:44shading
- 16:44response
- 16:45has
- 16:45to
- 16:45be
- 16:45realistic.
- 16:46Meat
- 16:47needs
- 16:47to
- 16:47look
- 16:48like
- 16:48meat.
- 16:48The
- 16:49way
- 16:49the
- 16:49light
- 16:49passes
- 16:49through
- 16:50leaves
- 16:50has
- 16:50to
- 16:50look
- 16:51real
- 16:51in
- 16:51order
- 16:51for
- 16:52viewers
- 16:52to
- 16:52have
- 16:53that
- 16:53connection
- 16:53that
- 16:54this
- 16:54is
- 16:54food
- 16:55that
- 16:56and
- 16:56they
- 16:56slather
- 16:56everything
- 16:57in
- 16:57oil.
- 16:57And
- 16:58when
- 16:58they
- 16:58can't
- 16:58do
- 16:59that
- 16:59on
- 16:59lettuce
- 17:00for
- 17:00example,
- 17:00they
- 17:01use
- 17:01what
- 17:01the
- 17:02food
- 17:02ad
- 17:02industry
- 17:03does
- 17:03and
- 17:03saturate
- 17:04the
- 17:04colors
- 17:04so
- 17:05the
- 17:05lettuce's
- 17:05green
- 17:06was
- 17:06greener
- 17:07than
- 17:07lettuce
- 17:07usually
- 17:08is
- 17:08and
- 17:09added
- 17:09a
- 17:09bright
- 17:10white
- 17:10watery
- 17:11gloss
- 17:11to
- 17:11evoke
- 17:12freshness.
- 17:13The
- 17:13cultural
- 17:14consultants
- 17:14for
- 17:14the
- 17:14food
- 17:15in
- 17:15the
- 17:15film
- 17:15was
- 17:15Gold
- 17:16House,
- 17:16a
- 17:17non
- 17:17profit
- 17:17organization
- 17:18that
- 17:18specializes
- 17:19in
- 17:19promotion
- 17:20of
- 17:20East
- 17:20Asian
- 17:21and
- 17:21Pacific
- 17:21cultures,
- 17:22who
- 17:22explained
- 17:23the
- 17:23first
- 17:23immigrants
- 17:24in
- 17:24Toronto's
- 17:25Chinatown
- 17:26weren't
- 17:26just
- 17:26Cantonese,
- 17:27but
- 17:28Tai
- 17:28Chanese.
- 17:29And
- 17:29so
- 17:29they
- 17:29went
- 17:29with
- 17:30culturally
- 17:30accurate
- 17:31foods
- 17:31like
- 17:32eel,
- 17:32rice,
- 17:32snow
- 17:33peas,
- 17:33steamed
- 17:34fish
- 17:34and
- 17:34seafood
- 17:35soup.
- 17:36They
- 17:36studied
- 17:36the
- 17:36watercolors
- 17:37and
- 17:37shape
- 17:38language
- 17:38of
- 17:38anime
- 17:39and
- 17:39also
- 17:40referenced
- 17:40live
- 17:41action
- 17:41films,
- 17:42especially
- 17:42Edgar
- 17:43Wright's
- 17:43Scott
- 17:43Pilgrim
- 17:44vs.
- 17:44The
- 17:44World,
- 17:45which
- 17:45is
- 17:45also
- 17:45set
- 17:46in
- 17:46Toronto,
- 17:47which
- 17:47is
- 17:47also
- 17:47heavily
- 17:48influenced
- 17:48by
- 17:49anime
- 17:49and
- 17:49video
- 17:50games.
- 17:51The
- 17:51entire
- 17:52process
- 17:53required
- 17:53significant
- 17:54software
- 17:54retooling
- 17:55and
- 17:55changes
- 17:56in
- 17:56order
- 17:57to
- 17:57translate
- 17:57the
- 17:57graphic
- 17:58anime
- 17:58style
- 17:59into
- 18:00computer
- 18:00generated
- 18:01graphics.
- 18:02This
- 18:02included
- 18:03changing
- 18:03the
- 18:03tone
- 18:03of
- 18:04pastel
- 18:04backdrops
- 18:05to
- 18:05help
- 18:05the
- 18:05figure
- 18:06stand
- 18:06out,
- 18:06adding
- 18:07color,
- 18:07variety
- 18:08and
- 18:08staining
- 18:08to
- 18:09the
- 18:09materials,
- 18:10making
- 18:10the
- 18:10Chinatown
- 18:11buildings
- 18:11appear
- 18:12chunky
- 18:12with
- 18:13pointy
- 18:13rooftops
- 18:14that
- 18:14resembled
- 18:14cat
- 18:14ears
- 18:15and
- 18:15producing
- 18:16a
- 18:16pink
- 18:16mist
- 18:17cloud
- 18:17to
- 18:17heighten
- 18:18fantasy
- 18:19scenes
- 18:19for
- 18:20more
- 18:20graphic
- 18:20expressiveness
- 18:21of
- 18:21characters.
- 18:22Eyes,
- 18:23size
- 18:23and
- 18:24shape
- 18:24were
- 18:24altered
- 18:25and
- 18:25stars
- 18:26added.
- 18:27The
- 18:27biggest
- 18:28part
- 18:28of
- 18:28the
- 18:28movie,
- 18:28of
- 18:29course,
- 18:29was
- 18:29Panda,
- 18:30Mei
- 18:30Mei's
- 18:31alter
- 18:31ego.
- 18:32And
- 18:32Panda
- 18:32May
- 18:33had
- 18:33her
- 18:33own
- 18:33set
- 18:34of
- 18:34unique
- 18:34problems.
- 18:35This
- 18:35was
- 18:36a
- 18:36new
- 18:36beast.
- 18:36Excuse
- 18:37the
- 18:37pun.
- 18:38Even
- 18:38though
- 18:38Pixar
- 18:39had
- 18:39long
- 18:39before
- 18:40conquered
- 18:40fur
- 18:41with
- 18:41Monsters
- 18:41Inc.
- 18:42And
- 18:42improved
- 18:43it
- 18:43exponentially
- 18:44ever
- 18:44since.
- 18:45At
- 18:45first,
- 18:45working
- 18:46with
- 18:46Huge
- 18:47and
- 18:47Fluffy
- 18:48seemed
- 18:48counterintuitive
- 18:49and
- 18:49the
- 18:49chunky,
- 18:50adorable
- 18:50shape
- 18:51was
- 18:51awkward.
- 18:52Pandemey's
- 18:53movements
- 18:53and
- 18:53facial
- 18:54Expressions
- 18:54had
- 18:54to
- 18:54be
- 18:55carefully
- 18:55considered
- 18:56while
- 18:56maintaining
- 18:57her
- 18:57appearance
- 18:57and
- 18:58character
- 18:58as
- 18:59Mei.
- 18:59They
- 19:00actually
- 19:00shrunk
- 19:00Panda
- 19:01Mei
- 19:0110
- 19:01to
- 19:0215%
- 19:02in
- 19:03interior
- 19:03spaces
- 19:04so
- 19:04she
- 19:04could
- 19:04move,
- 19:05interact
- 19:05and
- 19:06not
- 19:06intersect
- 19:07with
- 19:07other
- 19:07parts
- 19:07of
- 19:08the
- 19:08set.
- 19:09And
- 19:09the
- 19:09reason
- 19:10Panda
- 19:10Ming
- 19:11is
- 19:11so
- 19:11large
- 19:11and
- 19:12basically
- 19:12becomes
- 19:12a
- 19:13Kaiju
- 19:13is
- 19:14because
- 19:14her
- 19:14emotions
- 19:15have
- 19:15been
- 19:15suppressed
- 19:15for
- 19:16so
- 19:16long
- 19:16and
- 19:17are
- 19:17so
- 19:17out
- 19:17of
- 19:17control
- 19:18and
- 19:18her
- 19:18panda
- 19:19is
- 19:19huge
- 19:19and
- 19:20destructive.
- 19:21Ming
- 19:21is
- 19:21very
- 19:22traditional
- 19:22Chinese.
- 19:23Her
- 19:23clothing
- 19:23and
- 19:24jewelry
- 19:24is
- 19:24traditional
- 19:25and
- 19:25mirrors
- 19:26her
- 19:26own
- 19:26mother's
- 19:27traditional
- 19:27style,
- 19:28which
- 19:28demonstrates
- 19:29the
- 19:29influence
- 19:29her
- 19:30mother
- 19:30had
- 19:30on
- 19:30her
- 19:31and
- 19:31the
- 19:31expectations
- 19:32of
- 19:32her
- 19:32mother
- 19:33passed
- 19:33down
- 19:33to
- 19:34her,
- 19:34which
- 19:34she
- 19:34is
- 19:34now
- 19:35trying
- 19:35to
- 19:35pass
- 19:35down
- 19:36to
- 19:36May.
- 19:37And
- 19:37obviously
- 19:38much
- 19:38of
- 19:38this
- 19:38production
- 19:38took
- 19:39place
- 19:39with
- 19:39people
- 19:40working
- 19:40remotely
- 19:40during
- 19:41the
- 19:41COVID
- 19:4119
- 19:42pandemic,
- 19:42including
- 19:43some
- 19:43of
- 19:43the
- 19:44voice
- 19:44work.
- 19:44They
- 19:45did
- 19:45regular
- 19:45zoom
- 19:46chats
- 19:46and
- 19:46coffee
- 19:47breaks
- 19:47once
- 19:47or
- 19:47twice
- 19:48a
- 19:48week
- 19:48to
- 19:48keep
- 19:48the
- 19:48crew
- 19:49connections
- 19:49going.
- 19:50These
- 19:50chats
- 19:51included
- 19:51dogs,
- 19:52cats,
- 19:52kids
- 19:53and
- 19:53babies.
- 19:54Visual
- 19:54effects
- 19:55supervisor
- 19:55Danielle
- 19:56Feinberg
- 19:57became
- 19:57a
- 19:57mother
- 19:57to
- 19:57twins
- 19:58during
- 19:58production
- 19:59and
- 19:59being
- 19:59able
- 20:00to
- 20:00work
- 20:00from
- 20:00home
- 20:01during
- 20:01that
- 20:01period
- 20:02was
- 20:02time
- 20:03with
- 20:03her
- 20:03children
- 20:03that
- 20:04you
- 20:04just
- 20:04can't
- 20:04get
- 20:05back.
- 20:0616
- 20:06year
- 20:07old
- 20:07Rosalie
- 20:07Chiang,
- 20:08who
- 20:08played
- 20:08May
- 20:09coincidentally
- 20:10once
- 20:10gave
- 20:10a
- 20:10presentation
- 20:11on
- 20:11red
- 20:11pandas
- 20:12to
- 20:12her
- 20:13fifth
- 20:13grade
- 20:13class
- 20:14four
- 20:15years
- 20:15prior.
- 20:15She
- 20:16just
- 20:16started
- 20:16her
- 20:17acting
- 20:17career
- 20:17when
- 20:17she
- 20:18was
- 20:18given
- 20:18the
- 20:18chance
- 20:18to
- 20:19try
- 20:19out
- 20:19for
- 20:19the
- 20:20part.
- 20:21She
- 20:21was
- 20:21invited
- 20:22to
- 20:22an
- 20:22in
- 20:22person
- 20:22interview
- 20:23at
- 20:23Pixar's
- 20:24Emeryville
- 20:24offices
- 20:25after
- 20:25using
- 20:26her
- 20:26mother's
- 20:26iPhone
- 20:27to
- 20:27audition
- 20:27when
- 20:28she
- 20:28was
- 20:2812
- 20:28years
- 20:29old.
- 20:29Because
- 20:30she
- 20:30was
- 20:30local,
- 20:31she
- 20:31was
- 20:31hired
- 20:31to
- 20:32record
- 20:32scratch
- 20:33vocals
- 20:33which
- 20:34are
- 20:34short
- 20:34term
- 20:34audio
- 20:35tracks
- 20:35that
- 20:35will
- 20:35eventually
- 20:36be
- 20:36replaced
- 20:36by
- 20:37a
- 20:37professional
- 20:37voice
- 20:38actor.
- 20:38It's
- 20:39a
- 20:39common
- 20:39practice
- 20:40in
- 20:40animated
- 20:41filmmaking
- 20:41because
- 20:42the
- 20:42process
- 20:42is
- 20:43often
- 20:43years
- 20:43long
- 20:44and
- 20:44involves
- 20:45a
- 20:45huge
- 20:45team
- 20:45of
- 20:45producers,
- 20:46writers,
- 20:47animators,
- 20:48and
- 20:48you
- 20:48have
- 20:49various
- 20:49script
- 20:49revisions,
- 20:50visual
- 20:51renderings
- 20:52and
- 20:52multiple
- 20:52of
- 20:52the
- 20:53steps
- 20:53of
- 20:53the
- 20:53process
- 20:53that
- 20:54can
- 20:54change.
- 20:55The
- 20:55productions
- 20:55hired
- 20:56temporary
- 20:56voices
- 20:57to
- 20:57help
- 20:57find
- 20:58the
- 20:58character
- 20:59before
- 20:59a
- 20:59professional
- 21:00comes
- 21:00in.
- 21:01After
- 21:01auditioning
- 21:02professional
- 21:02actors
- 21:03for
- 21:03May,
- 21:04Domee
- 21:04Shi
- 21:05and
- 21:05Lindsey
- 21:05Collins
- 21:06discovered
- 21:06that
- 21:06they
- 21:06had
- 21:07already
- 21:07fallen
- 21:07in
- 21:08love
- 21:08with
- 21:08Rosalie
- 21:09Chiang's
- 21:09scratch
- 21:09vocals
- 21:10and
- 21:10they
- 21:10couldn't
- 21:11imagine
- 21:11anyone
- 21:12else
- 21:12playing
- 21:12May
- 21:13even
- 21:13after
- 21:14listening
- 21:14to
- 21:14a
- 21:14number
- 21:15of
- 21:15auditions.
- 21:16Chiang
- 21:16was
- 21:17natural
- 21:17dorky
- 21:18and
- 21:18they
- 21:18just
- 21:18felt
- 21:19she
- 21:19embodied
- 21:20Mei.
- 21:20They
- 21:21brought
- 21:21the
- 21:21matter
- 21:21to
- 21:22the
- 21:22attention
- 21:22of
- 21:22Pete
- 21:23Docter,
- 21:23the
- 21:23chief
- 21:23creative
- 21:24officer
- 21:24of
- 21:24Pixar,
- 21:25who
- 21:25personally
- 21:26gave
- 21:26his
- 21:26approval
- 21:27for
- 21:27Chiang
- 21:28to
- 21:28play
- 21:28the
- 21:28movie's
- 21:29protagonist.
- 21:30To
- 21:30tell
- 21:30Chiang
- 21:31that
- 21:31she'd
- 21:31actually
- 21:32been
- 21:32cast
- 21:32as
- 21:32May
- 21:33for
- 21:33the
- 21:33movie,
- 21:34she
- 21:34and
- 21:34Collins
- 21:35brought
- 21:35in
- 21:35a
- 21:35camera
- 21:35crew
- 21:36during
- 21:36a
- 21:37day
- 21:37of
- 21:37line
- 21:37reading
- 21:38at
- 21:38the
- 21:38beginning
- 21:38of
- 21:382020,
- 21:39telling
- 21:40Chiang
- 21:41it
- 21:41was
- 21:41for
- 21:41a
- 21:41behind
- 21:41the
- 21:42scenes
- 21:42documentary,
- 21:43but
- 21:43instead
- 21:44they
- 21:44filmed
- 21:45Line
- 21:45reading
- 21:45a
- 21:46new
- 21:46page
- 21:46of
- 21:46script
- 21:47with
- 21:48she
- 21:48reading
- 21:49as
- 21:49Ming
- 21:49Mei's
- 21:50mother,
- 21:50who
- 21:50tells
- 21:51Qiang
- 21:51as
- 21:52Mei
- 21:52that
- 21:52she'd
- 21:53got
- 21:53the
- 21:53part
- 21:53of
- 21:53Mei
- 21:54for
- 21:54real.
- 21:55It
- 21:55would
- 21:55be
- 21:55the
- 21:56final
- 21:56time
- 21:56that
- 21:57she
- 21:57and
- 21:57Collins
- 21:58saw
- 21:58Chiang
- 21:58in
- 21:58real
- 21:59life.
- 21:59Because
- 22:00then
- 22:00the
- 22:00pandemic
- 22:01happened
- 22:01and
- 22:01to
- 22:02keep
- 22:02production
- 22:02going,
- 22:03everyone
- 22:03went
- 22:04to
- 22:04work
- 22:04from
- 22:05home
- 22:05and
- 22:05Pixar
- 22:06sent
- 22:06Chiang
- 22:07some
- 22:07audio
- 22:07equipment,
- 22:08but
- 22:08it
- 22:08took
- 22:09up
- 22:09so
- 22:09much
- 22:09room
- 22:09in
- 22:09her
- 22:10house
- 22:10that
- 22:10her
- 22:10parents
- 22:11had
- 22:11to
- 22:11fashion
- 22:11a
- 22:12makeshift
- 22:12recording
- 22:13studio.
- 22:14And
- 22:14when
- 22:14it
- 22:14came
- 22:15to
- 22:15casting
- 22:15Mei's
- 22:16mother,
- 22:17Ming,
- 22:17Sandra
- 22:18oh
- 22:18was
- 22:18Domee
- 22:19Shi's
- 22:19number
- 22:20one
- 22:20choice
- 22:20for
- 22:21me.
- 22:21She
- 22:22was
- 22:22most
- 22:22famous
- 22:22for
- 22:22Grey's
- 22:23Anatomy,
- 22:23which
- 22:24earned
- 22:24her
- 22:24a
- 22:24Golden
- 22:24Globe,
- 22:25a
- 22:25Screen
- 22:26Actors
- 22:26Guild
- 22:26Award,
- 22:27and
- 22:27five
- 22:27consecutive
- 22:28Primetime
- 22:29Emmys
- 22:29for
- 22:30Best
- 22:30Supporting
- 22:30Actress
- 22:31in
- 22:31a
- 22:31drama.
- 22:32And
- 22:32also
- 22:32Killing
- 22:33Eve
- 22:33as
- 22:33the
- 22:33titular
- 22:34eve.
- 22:35In
- 22:352018,
- 22:36O
- 22:36became
- 22:37the
- 22:37first
- 22:37actress
- 22:38of
- 22:38Asian
- 22:38descent
- 22:39to
- 22:39be
- 22:39nominated
- 22:39for
- 22:40the
- 22:40Primetime
- 22:40Emmy
- 22:41award
- 22:41for
- 22:41Outstanding
- 22:42Lead
- 22:42Actress
- 22:43in
- 22:43a
- 22:43Drama
- 22:43series
- 22:44for
- 22:44Killing
- 22:45Eve,
- 22:45and
- 22:45she
- 22:45also
- 22:46became
- 22:46the
- 22:46first
- 22:46woman
- 22:47of
- 22:47Asian
- 22:47descent
- 22:48to
- 22:48win
- 22:48two
- 22:49Golden
- 22:49Globes.
- 22:50Sandra
- 22:51oh
- 22:51is
- 22:51awesome,
- 22:52but
- 22:52they
- 22:52also
- 22:53wanted
- 22:53someone
- 22:53who
- 22:53could
- 22:54be
- 22:54a
- 22:54nurturing,
- 22:55loving
- 22:55mother,
- 22:56but
- 22:56also
- 22:56sharp
- 22:57and
- 22:57intimidating.
- 22:58And
- 22:58honestly,
- 22:58I
- 22:59think
- 22:59Sandra
- 22:59oh
- 23:00absolutely
- 23:00kills
- 23:00it
- 23:01in
- 23:01this
- 23:01movie.
- 23:01I
- 23:02want
- 23:02her
- 23:02to
- 23:02be
- 23:03my
- 23:03mother,
- 23:03but
- 23:03I
- 23:04also
- 23:04don't
- 23:04want
- 23:05her
- 23:05to
- 23:05be
- 23:05my
- 23:06mother.
- 23:06But
- 23:06one
- 23:07of
- 23:07the
- 23:07things
- 23:07that
- 23:07I
- 23:07think
- 23:08really
- 23:08sticks
- 23:08out
- 23:08for
- 23:09me
- 23:09in
- 23:09this
- 23:09film
- 23:09is
- 23:10something
- 23:11else
- 23:11that
- 23:11we
- 23:11did
- 23:12in
- 23:12the
- 23:12early
- 23:122000s
- 23:13and
- 23:14also
- 23:14in
- 23:14the
- 23:1490s
- 23:15as
- 23:15well,
- 23:15and
- 23:16that
- 23:16was
- 23:16boy
- 23:16bands.
- 23:17And
- 23:17just
- 23:18like
- 23:18May,
- 23:19I
- 23:19was
- 23:19obsessed
- 23:20with
- 23:20certain
- 23:20boy
- 23:21bands,
- 23:21starting
- 23:22with
- 23:22New
- 23:23Kids
- 23:23on
- 23:23the
- 23:23Block,
- 23:24then
- 23:24Backstreet
- 23:25Boys,
- 23:25Boyzone.
- 23:26I
- 23:27was
- 23:27never
- 23:27really
- 23:27into
- 23:27take
- 23:28that,
- 23:28NSYNC
- 23:29A1
- 23:305.
- 23:31I
- 23:31still
- 23:32enjoy
- 23:32the
- 23:32music
- 23:32as
- 23:33well.
- 23:33I
- 23:33never
- 23:34did
- 23:34like
- 23:34Westlife.
- 23:35My
- 23:35crushes.
- 23:36There
- 23:37was
- 23:37no
- 23:37Robert,
- 23:38but
- 23:39Nick
- 23:39Carter
- 23:39from
- 23:39the
- 23:40Backstreet
- 23:40Boys,
- 23:40Ronan
- 23:41Keating
- 23:41from
- 23:42Boiseau,
- 23:42and
- 23:42Richie
- 23:43Neville
- 23:43from
- 23:43five.
- 23:45And
- 23:45I
- 23:45guess
- 23:45it
- 23:45was
- 23:46always
- 23:46the
- 23:46cute
- 23:46blonde
- 23:47guys
- 23:47that
- 23:47teenage
- 23:48me
- 23:48liked.
- 23:49I'm
- 23:49not
- 23:49really
- 23:49so
- 23:50much
- 23:50into
- 23:50blonde
- 23:50guys
- 23:51these
- 23:51days,
- 23:52but
- 23:53I
- 23:53had
- 23:54the
- 23:54posters.
- 23:54I
- 23:54went
- 23:55to
- 23:55concerts.
- 23:56My
- 23:56first
- 23:56concert
- 23:57was
- 23:57a
- 23:57Boyzone
- 23:58concert
- 23:58with
- 23:58my
- 23:59best
- 23:59friend
- 23:59at
- 23:59the
- 23:59time,
- 23:59Lisa.
- 24:00Lisa.
- 24:01And
- 24:01I
- 24:01loved
- 24:01Boyzone.
- 24:02I
- 24:03know
- 24:03Lisa
- 24:03sometimes
- 24:03has
- 24:04listened
- 24:04to
- 24:04this
- 24:04podcast
- 24:05in
- 24:05the
- 24:05past,
- 24:05so.
- 24:05Hi
- 24:06Lisa,
- 24:06if
- 24:06you're
- 24:07listening,
- 24:07my
- 24:08Backstreet
- 24:08Boys
- 24:09bestie
- 24:09was
- 24:10my
- 24:10friend
- 24:10Aisha.
- 24:11We
- 24:12never
- 24:12went
- 24:12to
- 24:12see
- 24:12them,
- 24:13but
- 24:13Aisha
- 24:14and
- 24:14I
- 24:14talked
- 24:14about
- 24:15the
- 24:15Backstreet
- 24:15Boys
- 24:16all
- 24:16the
- 24:16time.
- 24:17Basically,
- 24:17what
- 24:18I'm
- 24:18saying
- 24:18is
- 24:19boy
- 24:19bands
- 24:19and
- 24:20the
- 24:20love
- 24:20of
- 24:20boy
- 24:21bands
- 24:21fostered
- 24:21genuine
- 24:22friendships
- 24:22for
- 24:23me
- 24:23as
- 24:23a
- 24:23teenager.
- 24:24One
- 24:24of
- 24:25the
- 24:25many
- 24:25reasons
- 24:25Turning
- 24:26Red
- 24:26speaks
- 24:27to
- 24:27young
- 24:27teenage
- 24:27me
- 24:28and
- 24:28the
- 24:28experience
- 24:29of
- 24:29so
- 24:29many
- 24:29young
- 24:29women
- 24:30who
- 24:31grew
- 24:31up
- 24:31in
- 24:31the
- 24:3190s
- 24:32and
- 24:32the
- 24:322000s,
- 24:33just
- 24:33like
- 24:34May,
- 24:35the
- 24:35immigrant
- 24:36experience,
- 24:36obviously
- 24:37I
- 24:37have
- 24:37zero
- 24:37experience
- 24:38with.
- 24:38But
- 24:39being
- 24:39a
- 24:39teen
- 24:39girl
- 24:40obsessed
- 24:40with
- 24:40boy
- 24:41bands,
- 24:41yep,
- 24:42that
- 24:42was
- 24:43me.
- 24:44But
- 24:44despite
- 24:45the
- 24:46way
- 24:46that
- 24:46this
- 24:46movie
- 24:47gets
- 24:47boy
- 24:47bands,
- 24:48absolutely
- 24:49100%
- 24:49correct
- 24:50is
- 24:51the
- 24:51fact
- 24:51that
- 24:52this
- 24:52movie
- 24:52hits
- 24:53me
- 24:53hard
- 24:53by
- 24:54speaking
- 24:54to
- 24:54the
- 24:54experience
- 24:55of
- 24:55literally
- 24:56half
- 24:56of
- 24:56the
- 24:56population.
- 24:57So
- 24:57the
- 24:58fact
- 24:58is,
- 24:58directed,
- 24:59written
- 24:59by
- 24:59and
- 24:59produced
- 25:00by
- 25:00a
- 25:00team
- 25:00of
- 25:00women,
- 25:01the
- 25:01first
- 25:01all
- 25:01female
- 25:02senior
- 25:02team
- 25:02at
- 25:02Pixar
- 25:03just
- 25:03makes
- 25:04so
- 25:04much
- 25:04sense
- 25:04because
- 25:05this
- 25:05is
- 25:05a
- 25:06movie
- 25:06by
- 25:06women,
- 25:07for
- 25:07women
- 25:08predominantly.
- 25:09But
- 25:09it's
- 25:09also
- 25:10a
- 25:10coming
- 25:10of
- 25:10age
- 25:10story
- 25:11about
- 25:11a
- 25:11young
- 25:11girl
- 25:12who
- 25:12turns
- 25:12into
- 25:12a
- 25:12red
- 25:13panda.
- 25:13And
- 25:14honestly,
- 25:14if
- 25:14you
- 25:15can
- 25:15relate
- 25:15to
- 25:15Bruce
- 25:15Banner
- 25:16becoming
- 25:16Hulk
- 25:16when
- 25:17he's
- 25:17angry,
- 25:18then
- 25:18you
- 25:19can
- 25:19relate
- 25:19to
- 25:19being
- 25:20an
- 25:20awkward
- 25:20teen
- 25:21with
- 25:21all
- 25:21sorts
- 25:21going
- 25:22on
- 25:22in
- 25:22your
- 25:22body.
- 25:23Even
- 25:23Pete
- 25:24Docter
- 25:24described
- 25:25May's
- 25:25situation
- 25:25in
- 25:26the
- 25:26movie
- 25:26as
- 25:27the
- 25:27Hulk,
- 25:28but
- 25:28cuter
- 25:29when
- 25:29presenting
- 25:29it
- 25:30at
- 25:30D23
- 25:31in
- 25:312021.
- 25:33And
- 25:34let's
- 25:34just
- 25:34talk
- 25:34about
- 25:34the
- 25:35giant
- 25:35red
- 25:35panda
- 25:35in
- 25:36the
- 25:36room.
- 25:36Periods.
- 25:38For
- 25:38such
- 25:38a
- 25:38long
- 25:38time
- 25:39it
- 25:39was
- 25:39taboo
- 25:40to
- 25:40talk
- 25:40about
- 25:41periods,
- 25:42despite
- 25:42the
- 25:42fact
- 25:42that
- 25:43almost
- 25:43every
- 25:43female
- 25:44goes
- 25:44through
- 25:45it.
- 25:45It
- 25:45was
- 25:45so
- 25:46taboo
- 25:46that
- 25:46it
- 25:46was
- 25:47only
- 25:47almost
- 25:4740
- 25:48years
- 25:48ago
- 25:48in
- 25:491985,
- 25:50when
- 25:50Courteney
- 25:51Cox,
- 25:52then
- 25:52advertising
- 25:52Tampax
- 25:53tampons,
- 25:54uttered
- 25:54the
- 25:54word
- 25:55period
- 25:55on
- 25:56tv.
- 25:56She
- 25:57was
- 25:57the
- 25:57first
- 25:57person
- 25:57to
- 25:58say
- 25:58that
- 25:58word
- 25:58on
- 25:58American
- 25:59TV.
- 26:00It
- 26:00was
- 26:00only
- 26:002017
- 26:01when
- 26:01body
- 26:02form
- 26:02replaced
- 26:03the
- 26:03blue
- 26:03liquid
- 26:04used
- 26:04to
- 26:04simulate
- 26:05period
- 26:05blood
- 26:06in
- 26:06ads
- 26:06with
- 26:07a
- 26:07more
- 26:07realistic
- 26:08red
- 26:08liquid.
- 26:09And
- 26:09even
- 26:09then
- 26:09I
- 26:10remember
- 26:10that
- 26:10being
- 26:10met
- 26:11with
- 26:11disgust
- 26:12and
- 26:12shame,
- 26:12even
- 26:13from
- 26:13actual
- 26:14women.
- 26:14The
- 26:15stigma
- 26:15around
- 26:16periods
- 26:16is
- 26:17still
- 26:17there.
- 26:17It's
- 26:17getting
- 26:18better,
- 26:18but
- 26:18it's
- 26:18still
- 26:19there.
- 26:19The
- 26:20notion
- 26:20that
- 26:20pads
- 26:20are
- 26:21unhygienic,
- 26:22which
- 26:22has
- 26:22led
- 26:22to
- 26:22some
- 26:23supermarkets
- 26:23rebranding
- 26:24the
- 26:24feminine
- 26:25hygiene
- 26:25aisle
- 26:26to
- 26:26period
- 26:26products,
- 26:27which
- 26:28also
- 26:28makes
- 26:28it
- 26:28inclusive
- 26:29because
- 26:29non
- 26:30binary
- 26:30people
- 26:31also
- 26:31get
- 26:31periods
- 26:32and
- 26:32so
- 26:32do
- 26:32trans
- 26:33men.
- 26:33Nothing
- 26:34about
- 26:34periods
- 26:35is
- 26:35unhygienic.
- 26:36If
- 26:36you
- 26:37have
- 26:37a
- 26:37tween
- 26:37girl
- 26:38in
- 26:38your
- 26:38life,
- 26:39talk
- 26:39openly
- 26:40and
- 26:40honestly
- 26:40about
- 26:41menstruation.
- 26:42Periods
- 26:42are
- 26:43normal.
- 26:44Let's
- 26:44stamp
- 26:45out
- 26:45these
- 26:45taboos
- 26:46like
- 26:47giant
- 26:47red
- 26:47pandas.
- 26:48The
- 26:49fact
- 26:49this
- 26:49movie
- 26:49has
- 26:50that
- 26:50analogy
- 26:51and
- 26:51it
- 26:51uses
- 26:51it
- 26:52so
- 26:52openly
- 26:52and
- 26:52honestly
- 26:53and
- 26:54features
- 26:54pads
- 26:55so
- 26:55prominently
- 26:56in
- 26:56a
- 26:56mainstream
- 26:56Pixar
- 26:57movie
- 26:57is
- 26:58frankly
- 26:58about
- 26:59damn
- 26:59time
- 27:00and
- 27:00the
- 27:00studio
- 27:00heads
- 27:01at
- 27:01Pixar.
- 27:01Embracing
- 27:02this
- 27:02very
- 27:02normal
- 27:03part
- 27:03of
- 27:03life
- 27:03for
- 27:04so
- 27:04many
- 27:05is
- 27:05really
- 27:05refreshing
- 27:06because
- 27:07if
- 27:07you
- 27:07don't
- 27:07experience
- 27:08it,
- 27:09chances
- 27:09are
- 27:09you
- 27:10know
- 27:10someone
- 27:10who
- 27:11will,
- 27:11who
- 27:12does,
- 27:12or
- 27:13who
- 27:13has.
- 27:13And
- 27:14that
- 27:14also
- 27:15may
- 27:15be
- 27:15one
- 27:15of
- 27:15those
- 27:16reasons
- 27:16that
- 27:16this
- 27:16movie
- 27:17didn't
- 27:17seem
- 27:17to
- 27:17do
- 27:18very
- 27:18well,
- 27:18and
- 27:19that
- 27:19this
- 27:19movie
- 27:20doesn't
- 27:20seem
- 27:20to
- 27:21resonate
- 27:21with
- 27:21so
- 27:22many
- 27:22people.
- 27:22Because
- 27:23maybe
- 27:23people
- 27:24find
- 27:24that
- 27:24particular
- 27:25topic
- 27:25alienating,
- 27:26but
- 27:26them's
- 27:27the
- 27:27facts
- 27:27of
- 27:28life.
- 27:29So
- 27:29if
- 27:29it's
- 27:30something
- 27:30that
- 27:30you
- 27:30are
- 27:31personally
- 27:31afraid
- 27:32of
- 27:32or
- 27:32ashamed
- 27:33of
- 27:33or
- 27:33worried
- 27:34about,
- 27:35do
- 27:35your
- 27:35research.
- 27:36If
- 27:37you
- 27:37don't
- 27:37want
- 27:37to
- 27:37watch
- 27:38this
- 27:38movie
- 27:38because
- 27:38of
- 27:39that
- 27:39reason,
- 27:39maybe
- 27:40ask
- 27:40yourself,
- 27:40well,
- 27:41what
- 27:41am
- 27:41I
- 27:41so
- 27:42afraid
- 27:42of
- 27:42about
- 27:42a
- 27:43completely
- 27:43normal
- 27:43thing
- 27:44that
- 27:44happens
- 27:44to,
- 27:45like
- 27:45I
- 27:46said,
- 27:46a
- 27:46lot
- 27:46of
- 27:47people
- 27:47in
- 27:47this
- 27:47world?
- 27:48And
- 27:48if
- 27:48Turning
- 27:49Red
- 27:49does
- 27:49anything,
- 27:50as
- 27:50far
- 27:50as
- 27:50I'm
- 27:51concerned,
- 27:51not
- 27:52only
- 27:52does
- 27:52it
- 27:52give
- 27:53you
- 27:53that
- 27:53picture
- 27:53perfect
- 27:54moment
- 27:55in
- 27:56a
- 27:56teenager's
- 27:56life
- 27:57and
- 27:57makes
- 27:58it
- 27:58fun
- 27:58and
- 27:59funny
- 27:59and
- 28:00honest
- 28:00and
- 28:00approachable,
- 28:01it
- 28:02also
- 28:02takes
- 28:02this
- 28:03topic
- 28:03that
- 28:03some
- 28:04see
- 28:04still
- 28:05as
- 28:05taboo
- 28:06and
- 28:06makes
- 28:06it
- 28:06very
- 28:07normal
- 28:07by
- 28:08making
- 28:08it
- 28:08mystical.
- 28:09Which
- 28:10is
- 28:10strange,
- 28:11but
- 28:12it
- 28:12works.
- 28:13Speaking
- 28:14of
- 28:14normal
- 28:14but
- 28:15mystical,
- 28:15let's
- 28:16move
- 28:16on
- 28:16to
- 28:16the
- 28:17obligature
- 28:17Keanu
- 28:18reference
- 28:18for
- 28:18this
- 28:18episode,
- 28:19and
- 28:19if
- 28:19you
- 28:19don't
- 28:19know
- 28:19what
- 28:20that
- 28:20is,
- 28:20it's
- 28:20where
- 28:21I
- 28:21try
- 28:21and
- 28:21link
- 28:21the
- 28:21movie
- 28:22that
- 28:22I'm
- 28:22featuring
- 28:23with
- 28:23Keanu
- 28:23Reeves.
- 28:24Now
- 28:24this
- 28:24is
- 28:25obviously
- 28:25a
- 28:25very
- 28:25tricky
- 28:26one
- 28:26because
- 28:27Keanu
- 28:27Reeves,
- 28:28although
- 28:29I
- 28:29expect
- 28:29a
- 28:30lot
- 28:30of
- 28:30people,
- 28:30had
- 28:31a
- 28:31crush
- 28:31on
- 28:31him
- 28:31in
- 28:312002,
- 28:32myself
- 28:33included,
- 28:33I
- 28:34didn't
- 28:34really
- 28:34want
- 28:34to
- 28:34go
- 28:35down
- 28:35that
- 28:35route
- 28:35because
- 28:36as
- 28:36far
- 28:36as
- 28:37May's
- 28:37concerned,
- 28:38her
- 28:38crush
- 28:39is
- 28:39Robert
- 28:40from
- 28:40Four
- 28:41Town.
- 28:41But
- 28:42then
- 28:42I
- 28:42found
- 28:42this
- 28:42really
- 28:43wonderful
- 28:44slash
- 28:44weird
- 28:45link
- 28:45to
- 28:46the
- 28:46movie,
- 28:46and
- 28:47that
- 28:47is
- 28:47that
- 28:48there
- 28:48is
- 28:49a
- 28:49fur
- 28:49suitor
- 28:50called
- 28:50Keanu
- 28:51the
- 28:51Red
- 28:51Panda
- 28:52who
- 28:52lives
- 28:53in
- 28:53Chattanooga,
- 28:54Tennessee.
- 28:55He
- 28:55is
- 28:55the
- 28:55self
- 28:56proclaimed
- 28:56local
- 28:57furry
- 28:57community
- 28:58leader
- 28:58for
- 28:58the
- 28:58Chattanooga
- 28:59the
- 28:59Nougat
- 28:59area
- 29:00and
- 29:00when
- 29:00he's
- 29:01not
- 29:01a
- 29:01red
- 29:01panda,
- 29:02he's
- 29:02James
- 29:03Lavelle
- 29:03Thompson.
- 29:05Now
- 29:05he's
- 29:05also
- 29:06been
- 29:06accused
- 29:07of
- 29:07degree
- 29:08fraud
- 29:08and
- 29:08spreading
- 29:09misinformation
- 29:10about
- 29:10the
- 29:10pandemic.
- 29:11So
- 29:11really
- 29:12he's
- 29:12not
- 29:13particularly
- 29:13someone
- 29:14that
- 29:14I
- 29:14wanted
- 29:14to
- 29:14mention
- 29:15because
- 29:16Keanu
- 29:17Reeves
- 29:17is
- 29:17of
- 29:17course
- 29:18the
- 29:18best
- 29:18of
- 29:18men.
- 29:19However,
- 29:19it
- 29:19is
- 29:20the
- 29:20easiest
- 29:20way
- 29:20to
- 29:20link
- 29:21Keanu
- 29:21Reeves
- 29:22to
- 29:22this
- 29:22movie
- 29:23which
- 29:23has
- 29:23a
- 29:23red
- 29:24panda
- 29:24in
- 29:24it,
- 29:25by
- 29:25mentioning
- 29:26Keanu
- 29:26the
- 29:26Red
- 29:26Panda
- 29:27who
- 29:27is
- 29:28the
- 29:28self
- 29:28proclaimed
- 29:29local
- 29:29furry
- 29:29community
- 29:30leader
- 29:30for
- 29:30Chattanooga.
- 29:32And
- 29:32as
- 29:32I
- 29:33mentioned,
- 29:33the
- 29:34boy
- 29:34band
- 29:34connection
- 29:35is
- 29:35so
- 29:35good.
- 29:36And
- 29:36it's
- 29:37even
- 29:37better
- 29:37when
- 29:37you
- 29:38consider
- 29:38that
- 29:39the
- 29:39people
- 29:39behind
- 29:40the
- 29:40songs
- 29:41of
- 29:41Four
- 29:42Town
- 29:42are
- 29:42not
- 29:43actually
- 29:43a
- 29:43boy
- 29:44band
- 29:44themselves,
- 29:45but
- 29:45it
- 29:45is
- 29:45Billie
- 29:46Eilish
- 29:46and
- 29:46her
- 29:47brother
- 29:47Phineas
- 29:47O'Connell.
- 29:48They
- 29:49wrote
- 29:49the
- 29:49songs,
- 29:50performed
- 29:51by
- 29:51May's
- 29:52favorite
- 29:52band,
- 29:52Four
- 29:53Town.
- 29:53The
- 29:54titles
- 29:54of
- 29:54the
- 29:54tracks
- 29:55in
- 29:55all
- 29:55of
- 29:55their
- 29:55early
- 29:562000s
- 29:56glory
- 29:57are
- 29:57one
- 29:57true
- 29:58love,
- 29:58you
- 29:59Know
- 29:59what's
- 29:59up
- 30:00and
- 30:00Nobody
- 30:00but
- 30:01you.
- 30:01Obviously
- 30:02the
- 30:02U
- 30:02is
- 30:03always
- 30:03the
- 30:03letter
- 30:04U
- 30:04and
- 30:04not
- 30:04the
- 30:04word
- 30:05u.
- 30:05Phineas
- 30:06sings
- 30:06on
- 30:07the
- 30:07tracks
- 30:07and
- 30:07voices
- 30:08Jesse,
- 30:08one
- 30:09of
- 30:09the
- 30:09members
- 30:09of
- 30:09the
- 30:09band.
- 30:10It's
- 30:10remarkable
- 30:11really,
- 30:11that
- 30:12neither
- 30:12were
- 30:12old
- 30:12enough
- 30:13to
- 30:13remember
- 30:13true
- 30:1490s
- 30:152000s
- 30:15boy
- 30:15band
- 30:16culture,
- 30:16and
- 30:17yet
- 30:17the
- 30:17songs
- 30:17are
- 30:18pitch
- 30:18perfect.
- 30:19Domi
- 30:20Sheen
- 30:20managed
- 30:20to
- 30:20get
- 30:20Billie
- 30:21Eilish
- 30:21and
- 30:22Phineas
- 30:22O'Connell
- 30:22aboard
- 30:23when
- 30:23Eilish
- 30:24was
- 30:24starting
- 30:25to
- 30:25come
- 30:25to
- 30:25fame
- 30:26at
- 30:26the
- 30:26start
- 30:26of
- 30:26production
- 30:27and
- 30:27the
- 30:28songs
- 30:28were
- 30:28recorded
- 30:29in
- 30:29late
- 30:292020.
- 30:30The
- 30:31rest
- 30:31of
- 30:31four
- 30:31town
- 30:32consisted
- 30:32of
- 30:33Jordan
- 30:33Fisher,
- 30:34Josh
- 30:34Levi,
- 30:35Grayson
- 30:35Villanueva
- 30:36and
- 30:37Topher
- 30:37no.
- 30:38The
- 30:39song
- 30:39Nobody
- 30:40like
- 30:40you
- 30:40was
- 30:40released
- 30:41on
- 30:4125
- 30:42February
- 30:432022,
- 30:43two
- 30:44weeks
- 30:44before
- 30:44the
- 30:44film's
- 30:45release,
- 30:45and
- 30:45peaked
- 30:46number
- 30:4649
- 30:47on
- 30:47the
- 30:47Billboard
- 30:48Hot
- 30:48100.
- 30:49The
- 30:49song
- 30:49was
- 30:50nominated
- 30:50for
- 30:50a
- 30:50Grammy
- 30:51Award
- 30:51for
- 30:51Best
- 30:52Song
- 30:52Written
- 30:52for
- 30:52Visual
- 30:53Media.
- 30:53It
- 30:54would
- 30:54lose
- 30:55to
- 30:55Lin
- 30:55Manuel
- 30:56Miranda's
- 30:56We
- 30:57Don't
- 30:57Talk
- 30:57About
- 30:57Bruno,
- 30:58which
- 30:58is
- 30:58interesting
- 30:59because,
- 31:00well,
- 31:00I
- 31:00can't
- 31:01talk
- 31:01about
- 31:01it
- 31:01just
- 31:02now.
- 31:02Four
- 31:03Town
- 31:03is
- 31:03called
- 31:04Four
- 31:04Town
- 31:05despite
- 31:05having
- 31:05five
- 31:06members
- 31:07purely
- 31:07because
- 31:08four
- 31:08is
- 31:08an
- 31:08unlucky
- 31:09number
- 31:09in
- 31:09Chinese
- 31:10culture
- 31:10and
- 31:10the
- 31:11production
- 31:11team
- 31:11knew
- 31:12that
- 31:12this
- 31:12would
- 31:12add
- 31:12to
- 31:13Ming's
- 31:13distrust
- 31:14of
- 31:14the
- 31:14music.
- 31:15It
- 31:15was
- 31:15important
- 31:16that
- 31:16the
- 31:16movie
- 31:16took
- 31:17the
- 31:17boy
- 31:17band
- 31:17seriously
- 31:18and
- 31:19not
- 31:19treat
- 31:19them
- 31:19as
- 31:19a
- 31:20throwaway
- 31:20thing
- 31:20because
- 31:21for
- 31:21the
- 31:21fans
- 31:21of
- 31:21these
- 31:22boy
- 31:22bands
- 31:22they
- 31:23are
- 31:23most
- 31:23definitely
- 31:24not
- 31:24a
- 31:24throwaway
- 31:25thing.
- 31:26The
- 31:27score
- 31:27was
- 31:27by
- 31:28Ludwig
- 31:28Goransson
- 31:29in
- 31:29his
- 31:29first
- 31:30animated
- 31:30film
- 31:30project
- 31:31and
- 31:31was
- 31:32recorded
- 31:32within
- 31:32a
- 31:33two
- 31:33week
- 31:33period
- 31:34after
- 31:34COVID
- 31:3419
- 31:35lockdown
- 31:36relaxations.
- 31:38Special
- 31:39screenings
- 31:39of
- 31:39Turning
- 31:40Red
- 31:40were
- 31:40held
- 31:40in
- 31:41Toronto
- 31:41on
- 31:418
- 31:42March
- 31:422022
- 31:43and
- 31:43in
- 31:43London
- 31:44on
- 31:4421
- 31:45February
- 31:462022.
- 31:47On
- 31:471
- 31:48March
- 31:492022
- 31:49it
- 31:49had
- 31:50its
- 31:50debut
- 31:50at
- 31:51Hollywood's
- 31:51El
- 31:51Capitan
- 31:52Theatre.
- 31:53Now
- 31:54Walt
- 31:54Disney
- 31:54Studios
- 31:55initially
- 31:56planned
- 31:56for
- 31:56it
- 31:56to
- 31:57be
- 31:57released
- 31:57in
- 31:57theaters
- 31:58in
- 31:58the
- 31:58United
- 31:59States
- 31:59on
- 31:5911
- 32:00March
- 32:012022
- 32:02after
- 32:03soul
- 32:03and
- 32:03Luca
- 32:04were
- 32:04given
- 32:04direct
- 32:05to
- 32:05streaming
- 32:05premieres
- 32:06on
- 32:06Disney
- 32:07because
- 32:07of
- 32:07the
- 32:07pandemic.
- 32:08A
- 32:09Pixar
- 32:09Source
- 32:09confirmed
- 32:10in
- 32:10June
- 32:112021
- 32:12that
- 32:12Turning
- 32:13Red
- 32:13would
- 32:14be
- 32:14released
- 32:14in
- 32:15theaters
- 32:16on
- 32:167
- 32:17January
- 32:182022.
- 32:19However,
- 32:19its
- 32:20theatrical
- 32:20premiere
- 32:21was
- 32:21canceled
- 32:22for
- 32:22a
- 32:22direct
- 32:22to
- 32:23streaming
- 32:23release
- 32:23on
- 32:24Disney
- 32:24as
- 32:25a
- 32:25Disney
- 32:25original
- 32:26due
- 32:26to
- 32:27the
- 32:27increase
- 32:27of
- 32:27the
- 32:28COVID
- 32:2819
- 32:29omicron
- 32:29variant
- 32:30at
- 32:30the
- 32:30time.
- 32:31It
- 32:31did
- 32:31debut
- 32:32in
- 32:32cinemas
- 32:32in
- 32:33other
- 32:33countries
- 32:33in
- 32:332022
- 32:34including
- 32:35Bulgaria,
- 32:36Czech
- 32:36Republic,
- 32:37Poland,
- 32:37Romania,
- 32:38Turkey,
- 32:39United
- 32:40Arab
- 32:40Emirates,
- 32:41Vietnam,
- 32:41Australia
- 32:42and
- 32:42New
- 32:42Zealand.
- 32:43On
- 32:445
- 32:44December
- 32:452023,
- 32:46it
- 32:46was
- 32:46announced
- 32:46that
- 32:47Turning
- 32:47Red,
- 32:48Soul
- 32:48and
- 32:48Luca
- 32:49would
- 32:49finally
- 32:50get
- 32:50a
- 32:50theatrical
- 32:51release
- 32:51in
- 32:51the
- 32:51United
- 32:52states
- 32:52in
- 32:52early
- 32:532024,
- 32:54with
- 32:54Turning
- 32:55Red
- 32:55being
- 32:55released
- 32:56on
- 32:569th
- 32:57February
- 32:572024.
- 32:58Turning
- 32:59Red
- 32:59also
- 33:00released
- 33:00here
- 33:00in
- 33:00the
- 33:00UK
- 33:01on
- 33:019th
- 33:02February
- 33:032024
- 33:03alongside
- 33:04releases
- 33:05in
- 33:05Mexico
- 33:05and
- 33:06Spain
- 33:07when
- 33:07it
- 33:07did
- 33:08actually
- 33:08go
- 33:09direct
- 33:09to
- 33:09streaming
- 33:10on
- 33:10Disney
- 33:10plus
- 33:10as
- 33:11a
- 33:11Disney
- 33:11original
- 33:12title,
- 33:12Turning
- 33:13Red
- 33:13was
- 33:13streamed
- 33:14in
- 33:142.5
- 33:15million
- 33:15US
- 33:15households
- 33:16over
- 33:16its
- 33:17opening
- 33:17weekend,
- 33:18at
- 33:18the
- 33:18time
- 33:19the
- 33:19most
- 33:19ever
- 33:19for
- 33:20a
- 33:20Disney
- 33:20plus
- 33:21original
- 33:21title,
- 33:22and
- 33:22became
- 33:22the
- 33:22second
- 33:23most
- 33:23watched
- 33:23movie
- 33:24on
- 33:24US
- 33:24streaming
- 33:25services
- 33:25in
- 33:262022
- 33:27with
- 33:2711.4
- 33:28billion
- 33:29minutes
- 33:29viewed.
- 33:30For
- 33:30the
- 33:30limited
- 33:31release
- 33:31it
- 33:31did
- 33:32have
- 33:32in
- 33:32cinemas
- 33:33across
- 33:33the
- 33:33world,
- 33:34it
- 33:34would
- 33:34return
- 33:35$1.4
- 33:35million
- 33:36domestically
- 33:37in
- 33:37the
- 33:37US
- 33:38and
- 33:36$20.4
- 33:39million
- 33:40internationally,
- 33:41for
- 33:41a
- 33:41total
- 33:41worldwide
- 33:42gross
- 33:42of
- 33:39$21.8
- 33:42million.
- 33:45Now
- 33:46its
- 33:46budget
- 33:47was
- 33:47$175
- 33:49million,
- 33:50so
- 33:51it
- 33:52kind
- 33:52of
- 33:52didn't
- 33:52really
- 33:53make
- 33:54any
- 33:54of
- 33:54its
- 33:54money
- 33:55back
- 33:55and
- 33:55technically
- 33:56it
- 33:56is
- 33:56seen
- 33:56as
- 33:57one
- 33:57of
- 33:57the
- 33:57biggest
- 33:58flops
- 33:58ever.
- 33:58But
- 34:00but
- 34:01Turning
- 34:02Red
- 34:02did
- 34:02receive
- 34:02critical
- 34:03acclaim
- 34:04on
- 34:04Rotten
- 34:04Tomatoes.
- 34:05It
- 34:05has
- 34:05a
- 34:0595
- 34:06rating,
- 34:07with
- 34:07the
- 34:07consensus
- 34:08reading
- 34:08heartwarming,
- 34:09humorous,
- 34:10beautifully
- 34:10animated
- 34:11and
- 34:11culturally
- 34:11expansive,
- 34:12Turning
- 34:13Red
- 34:13extends
- 34:14Pixar's
- 34:14long
- 34:14list
- 34:15of
- 34:15family
- 34:15friendly
- 34:16triumphs.
- 34:16It
- 34:17did,
- 34:17however,
- 34:17receive
- 34:18a
- 34:18particularly
- 34:19scathing
- 34:19review
- 34:19from
- 34:20CinemaBlend's
- 34:20Sean
- 34:21O'Connell,
- 34:22who
- 34:22suggested
- 34:22the
- 34:22movie's
- 34:23focus
- 34:23on
- 34:23a
- 34:23Chinese
- 34:24Canadian
- 34:24teenage
- 34:25girl
- 34:25to
- 34:26be
- 34:26limiting
- 34:26to
- 34:26the
- 34:27audience
- 34:27at
- 34:27large.
- 34:28Quote
- 34:29by
- 34:29rooting
- 34:29Turning
- 34:30Red
- 34:30very
- 34:30specifically
- 34:31in
- 34:31the
- 34:31Asian
- 34:32community
- 34:32of
- 34:32Toronto,
- 34:33the
- 34:33film
- 34:34legitimately
- 34:34feels
- 34:34like
- 34:35it
- 34:35was
- 34:35made
- 34:35for
- 34:35Domee
- 34:36Shi's
- 34:36friends
- 34:36and
- 34:37immediate
- 34:37family
- 34:37members,
- 34:38which
- 34:38is
- 34:39fine,
- 34:39but
- 34:39also
- 34:40a
- 34:40tad
- 34:40limiting
- 34:40in
- 34:41its
- 34:41scope,
- 34:41unquote.
- 34:43Social
- 34:43media
- 34:44found
- 34:44this
- 34:44review
- 34:45and
- 34:45immediately
- 34:46called
- 34:46it
- 34:46racist
- 34:46and
- 34:47sexist,
- 34:47with
- 34:48even
- 34:48lead
- 34:48actress
- 34:49Rosalie
- 34:49Chiang
- 34:50highlighting
- 34:50there
- 34:50was
- 34:50a
- 34:51coming
- 34:51of
- 34:51age
- 34:51story
- 34:52and
- 34:52relatable
- 34:53to
- 34:53everyone
- 34:53in
- 34:53some
- 34:54capacity,
- 34:54regardless
- 34:55of
- 34:55your
- 34:55culture.
- 34:56As
- 34:56a
- 34:56result,
- 34:57CinemaBlend's
- 34:57editor
- 34:58in
- 34:58chief
- 34:58Mac
- 34:59Rawdon
- 34:59pulled
- 34:59O'Connell's
- 35:00review
- 35:01and
- 35:01apologized
- 35:01publicly
- 35:02for
- 35:02it,
- 35:03and
- 35:03that
- 35:03the
- 35:03site
- 35:03had
- 35:04failed
- 35:04to
- 35:04properly
- 35:05edit
- 35:05the
- 35:05review
- 35:05before
- 35:06posting.
- 35:07O'Connell
- 35:07also
- 35:08posted
- 35:08his
- 35:09own
- 35:09apology
- 35:09for
- 35:10the
- 35:10review.
- 35:11Turning
- 35:11Red
- 35:12was
- 35:12also
- 35:12nominated
- 35:13for
- 35:13Best
- 35:13Animated
- 35:14Feature
- 35:14at
- 35:15the
- 35:15Academy
- 35:15Awards,
- 35:16Best
- 35:16Animated
- 35:17film
- 35:17at
- 35:17the
- 35:17BAFTAs,
- 35:18and
- 35:18the
- 35:18best
- 35:19Animated
- 35:19Feature
- 35:20Film
- 35:20at
- 35:20the
- 35:20Golden
- 35:20Globes.
- 35:21It
- 35:21would
- 35:22lose
- 35:22to
- 35:22Guillermo
- 35:22del
- 35:23Torres
- 35:23Pinocchio
- 35:24for
- 35:24all
- 35:24three,
- 35:25that
- 35:25is
- 35:25episode
- 35:26239
- 35:27of
- 35:27this
- 35:27very
- 35:27podcast.
- 35:28It
- 35:28was
- 35:29also
- 35:29nominated
- 35:29for
- 35:30seven
- 35:30Annie
- 35:30Awards
- 35:31and
- 35:31also
- 35:31lost
- 35:31the
- 35:32majority
- 35:32of
- 35:32those
- 35:33also
- 35:33to
- 35:33Pinocchio.
- 35:34But
- 35:34we
- 35:34don't
- 35:35mind
- 35:35because
- 35:35Pinocchio
- 35:36is
- 35:37pretty
- 35:37much
- 35:37a
- 35:37masterpiece.
- 35:39Domy,
- 35:39she
- 35:39told
- 35:40Polygon
- 35:40in
- 35:40an
- 35:40interview
- 35:41quote,
- 35:41the
- 35:42red
- 35:42panda
- 35:42is
- 35:43a
- 35:43metaphor
- 35:43not
- 35:43just
- 35:44for
- 35:44puberty,
- 35:45but
- 35:45also
- 35:45what
- 35:45we
- 35:45inherit
- 35:46from
- 35:46our
- 35:46mums
- 35:47and
- 35:47how
- 35:47we
- 35:48deal
- 35:48with
- 35:48the
- 35:48things
- 35:48that
- 35:49we
- 35:49inherit
- 35:49from
- 35:50them.
- 35:51Turning
- 35:52red
- 35:52is
- 35:52a
- 35:53huge
- 35:53step
- 35:53forward
- 35:54for
- 35:54female
- 35:54representation
- 35:55on
- 35:55screen,
- 35:56and
- 35:56it
- 35:56works
- 35:56hard
- 35:57to
- 35:57destigmatize
- 35:58and
- 35:58have
- 35:59a
- 35:59frank
- 35:59conversation
- 36:00about
- 36:00the
- 36:00experiences
- 36:01of
- 36:01women
- 36:02and
- 36:02girls.
- 36:03Which
- 36:03brings
- 36:03me
- 36:03to
- 36:04why
- 36:04animation
- 36:05season
- 36:05is
- 36:05so
- 36:06important.
- 36:06Animation
- 36:07is
- 36:07a
- 36:07powerful
- 36:08tool.
- 36:08Not
- 36:09only
- 36:09is
- 36:09it
- 36:09a
- 36:09beautiful
- 36:10medium
- 36:10of
- 36:10filmmaking,
- 36:11it
- 36:11can
- 36:12also
- 36:12help
- 36:12in
- 36:12our
- 36:13processing
- 36:13of
- 36:13difficult
- 36:14subjects.
- 36:15Subjects
- 36:15that
- 36:15live
- 36:16action
- 36:16filmmaking
- 36:17may
- 36:17find
- 36:17too
- 36:18harsh
- 36:18or
- 36:18real
- 36:19to
- 36:19handle
- 36:20in
- 36:20a
- 36:20way
- 36:20that
- 36:20is
- 36:21palatable.
- 36:22Animation
- 36:22is
- 36:23a
- 36:23universal
- 36:23language.
- 36:24It's
- 36:24understood
- 36:25by
- 36:25small
- 36:25children
- 36:26all
- 36:26the
- 36:26way
- 36:26up
- 36:26to
- 36:27elderly
- 36:27people.
- 36:28Talking
- 36:29to
- 36:29family
- 36:29members
- 36:29about
- 36:30puberty,
- 36:31growing
- 36:31apart,
- 36:32growing
- 36:32up
- 36:33or
- 36:33intergenerational
- 36:34trauma
- 36:34may
- 36:35be
- 36:35difficult,
- 36:36but
- 36:36watching
- 36:36an
- 36:36animated
- 36:37movie
- 36:37together
- 36:38and
- 36:38experiencing
- 36:39those
- 36:39common
- 36:39human
- 36:40emotions
- 36:41is
- 36:41simple.
- 36:42It's
- 36:42easy
- 36:42and
- 36:42it's
- 36:43immersive.
- 36:44Using
- 36:44metaphors
- 36:45for
- 36:45extreme
- 36:46emotions
- 36:46isn't
- 36:47new,
- 36:47but
- 36:48just
- 36:48like
- 36:48other
- 36:48Pixar
- 36:49movies
- 36:49like
- 36:50Coco
- 36:50is
- 36:51a
- 36:51palatable
- 36:51way
- 36:52to
- 36:52introduce
- 36:52children
- 36:52to
- 36:53death
- 36:53and
- 36:53what
- 36:53death
- 36:54means
- 36:55and
- 36:55inside
- 36:55out,
- 36:56giving
- 36:56personality
- 36:57to
- 36:57our
- 36:57emotions.
- 36:58Turning
- 36:59red
- 36:59takes
- 36:59something
- 37:00normal
- 37:00and
- 37:00makes
- 37:01it
- 37:01magical
- 37:02and
- 37:02let's
- 37:02be
- 37:02honest,
- 37:03it's
- 37:03rubbish
- 37:03to
- 37:03go
- 37:03through.
- 37:04But
- 37:04that
- 37:05feeling
- 37:05doesn't
- 37:05last
- 37:06that
- 37:06long
- 37:06and
- 37:06periods
- 37:07just
- 37:07become
- 37:08a
- 37:08normal,
- 37:09everyday
- 37:09part
- 37:09of
- 37:10being
- 37:10a
- 37:10person
- 37:10with
- 37:10a
- 37:11uterus.
- 37:11As
- 37:11is,
- 37:12trust
- 37:12me,
- 37:12the
- 37:12disdain
- 37:13for
- 37:13whatever
- 37:13gender
- 37:14you
- 37:14happen
- 37:14to
- 37:14fancy
- 37:14until
- 37:15a
- 37:15certain
- 37:15point
- 37:15in
- 37:16time
- 37:16when
- 37:16they're
- 37:17all
- 37:17you
- 37:17can
- 37:17think
- 37:17about.
- 37:18Everyone
- 37:19talks
- 37:19about
- 37:19embracing
- 37:20your
- 37:20inner
- 37:20child,
- 37:20remembering
- 37:21how
- 37:21it
- 37:21felt
- 37:22to
- 37:22be
- 37:22a
- 37:22kid
- 37:23the
- 37:23first
- 37:23time
- 37:23you
- 37:23met
- 37:24Santa
- 37:24Claus
- 37:24and
- 37:24sat
- 37:25on
- 37:25his
- 37:25lap,
- 37:25or
- 37:26the
- 37:26first
- 37:26time
- 37:26the
- 37:26tooth
- 37:27fairy
- 37:27visited.
- 37:28But
- 37:28no
- 37:28one
- 37:28ever
- 37:29tells
- 37:29you
- 37:29to
- 37:29embrace
- 37:30your
- 37:30teenage
- 37:30years.
- 37:31The
- 37:31zits,
- 37:32the
- 37:32awkwardness.
- 37:33Maybe
- 37:33you
- 37:33wore
- 37:33braces
- 37:34and
- 37:34you
- 37:34hated
- 37:34them,
- 37:35the
- 37:35bad
- 37:36fashion
- 37:36choices,
- 37:37feeling
- 37:37out
- 37:37of
- 37:37place
- 37:38at
- 37:38school
- 37:38or
- 37:39misunderstood
- 37:39by
- 37:39your
- 37:40family.
- 37:40It's
- 37:41hard
- 37:41to
- 37:41look
- 37:41back
- 37:42on
- 37:42those
- 37:42years
- 37:42with
- 37:43fond
- 37:43memories,
- 37:44but
- 37:45they
- 37:45were
- 37:45formative
- 37:45to
- 37:46you,
- 37:46becoming
- 37:46the
- 37:47hopefully
- 37:47well
- 37:48grounded
- 37:48individual
- 37:48you
- 37:49are
- 37:49today.
- 37:50I
- 37:50can
- 37:51understand
- 37:51the
- 37:51concern
- 37:51about
- 37:52parents
- 37:52maybe
- 37:52wanting
- 37:53to
- 37:53have
- 37:53these
- 37:53conversations
- 37:54that
- 37:54out
- 37:54puberty,
- 37:55hormones,
- 37:56etc
- 37:56with
- 37:56their
- 37:56children
- 37:57on
- 37:57their
- 37:57own
- 37:57terms
- 37:58and
- 37:58in
- 37:58their
- 37:58own
- 37:58time.
- 37:59But
- 37:59so
- 37:59many
- 38:00parents
- 38:00just
- 38:00don't
- 38:00know
- 38:01how
- 38:01to
- 38:01broach
- 38:01the
- 38:01subject.
- 38:02How
- 38:03open
- 38:03to
- 38:03be.
- 38:04I
- 38:04think
- 38:04I
- 38:05might
- 38:05have
- 38:05benefited
- 38:06from
- 38:06watching
- 38:06a
- 38:06movie
- 38:06like
- 38:07this
- 38:07as
- 38:07a
- 38:07teenager
- 38:08and
- 38:08just
- 38:08being
- 38:08able
- 38:08to
- 38:09ask
- 38:09the
- 38:09questions
- 38:10and
- 38:10not
- 38:10be
- 38:11so
- 38:11ashamed
- 38:11about
- 38:11it
- 38:12all.
- 38:12And
- 38:13it's
- 38:13still
- 38:13a
- 38:13shame
- 38:14that
- 38:14needs
- 38:14to
- 38:14be
- 38:15addressed.
- 38:16I've
- 38:16seen
- 38:17criticisms
- 38:17about
- 38:17this
- 38:18movie's
- 38:18lack
- 38:18of
- 38:18metaphorical
- 38:19focus,
- 38:20especially
- 38:20when
- 38:20May
- 38:21embraces
- 38:21her
- 38:22panda
- 38:22at
- 38:22the
- 38:22end,
- 38:23but
- 38:23to
- 38:23be
- 38:23honest,
- 38:23I
- 38:23don't
- 38:24think
- 38:24it
- 38:24needs
- 38:24to
- 38:24be
- 38:24taken
- 38:25so
- 38:25literally.
- 38:26Mei
- 38:26respects
- 38:27her
- 38:27family
- 38:27and
- 38:28her
- 38:28culture,
- 38:28but
- 38:29she
- 38:29chooses
- 38:29to
- 38:29take
- 38:29a
- 38:30different
- 38:30path
- 38:30to
- 38:30her
- 38:31mother,
- 38:31aunts
- 38:32and
- 38:32grandmother.
- 38:33She's
- 38:33expected
- 38:33to
- 38:34renounce
- 38:34the
- 38:34panda
- 38:35because
- 38:35that's
- 38:35tradition,
- 38:36but
- 38:37traditions
- 38:37don't
- 38:37always
- 38:38need
- 38:38to
- 38:38be
- 38:38followed,
- 38:39and
- 38:39as
- 38:39a
- 38:39Chinese
- 38:40Canadian
- 38:40girl
- 38:41growing
- 38:41up
- 38:41in
- 38:42Canada
- 38:42as
- 38:42opposed
- 38:42to
- 38:43China,
- 38:43she
- 38:43can
- 38:44respect
- 38:44her
- 38:44heritage
- 38:45and
- 38:45go
- 38:45her
- 38:46own
- 38:46way.
- 38:47Feeling
- 38:47trapped
- 38:48by
- 38:48parental
- 38:48expectations
- 38:49is
- 38:49also
- 38:49a
- 38:49pretty
- 38:50universally
- 38:50understood
- 38:51theme.
- 38:51All
- 38:52parents
- 38:52want
- 38:52the
- 38:53best
- 38:53for
- 38:53their
- 38:53children
- 38:53to
- 38:54do
- 38:54better
- 38:54than
- 38:54they
- 38:55did.
- 38:55I
- 38:55don't
- 38:56have
- 38:56children,
- 38:56but
- 38:56I've
- 38:56fallen
- 38:57into
- 38:57the
- 38:57same
- 38:57traps
- 38:58that
- 38:58many
- 38:58do
- 38:58for
- 38:58my
- 38:59nieces
- 38:59and
- 38:59nephews,
- 39:00having
- 39:00expectations
- 39:01that
- 39:01one
- 39:01day
- 39:01they'll
- 39:02become
- 39:02astronauts,
- 39:03doctors,
- 39:03or
- 39:03theoretical
- 39:04physicists
- 39:05because
- 39:05I
- 39:05never
- 39:06achieved
- 39:06any
- 39:06of
- 39:06those
- 39:07things.
- 39:07So
- 39:07of
- 39:07course
- 39:08I
- 39:08want
- 39:08them
- 39:08to.
- 39:09If
- 39:09they
- 39:10don't,
- 39:10and
- 39:10they're
- 39:10happy
- 39:11doing
- 39:11whatever
- 39:11it
- 39:11is
- 39:11they
- 39:12end
- 39:12up
- 39:12doing,
- 39:13then
- 39:13of
- 39:13course
- 39:13I'll
- 39:13be
- 39:13happy
- 39:14with
- 39:14that.
- 39:14But
- 39:14similarly,
- 39:15if
- 39:15they
- 39:15need
- 39:15my
- 39:15assistants
- 39:16to
- 39:16get
- 39:16into
- 39:16Oxbridge,
- 39:17then
- 39:18of
- 39:18course
- 39:18I'll
- 39:18do
- 39:19it.
- 39:20I've
- 39:20seen
- 39:20a
- 39:20lot
- 39:21of
- 39:21discourse
- 39:21online
- 39:21about
- 39:22this
- 39:22movie,
- 39:22especially
- 39:23on
- 39:23Reddit
- 39:23with
- 39:24people
- 39:24merely
- 39:24hating
- 39:25on
- 39:25it.
- 39:25Maybe
- 39:26I'm
- 39:26biased
- 39:27as
- 39:27a
- 39:27person
- 39:27who
- 39:28just
- 39:28got
- 39:28this
- 39:28movie,
- 39:29but
- 39:29I
- 39:29also
- 39:29love
- 39:30the
- 39:30unique
- 39:30animation
- 39:31style,
- 39:31the
- 39:31anime
- 39:32influences,
- 39:32the
- 39:33clear
- 39:33homage
- 39:33to
- 39:34Studio
- 39:34Ghibli,
- 39:34and
- 39:34the
- 39:35passion
- 39:35behind
- 39:35the
- 39:36scenes.
- 39:36Is
- 39:37Ming
- 39:37Yi
- 39:37a
- 39:37bit
- 39:38much?
- 39:38Yeah,
- 39:39she's
- 39:39the
- 39:39exaggerated
- 39:40mother
- 39:41slash
- 39:41villain
- 39:41and
- 39:42it
- 39:42doesn't
- 39:42always
- 39:42work,
- 39:43but
- 39:43parents
- 39:44do
- 39:44embarrass
- 39:44us,
- 39:45and
- 39:45in
- 39:45our
- 39:45minds
- 39:46as
- 39:46a
- 39:46teenager,
- 39:46it
- 39:46is
- 39:47way
- 39:47worse
- 39:48than
- 39:48it
- 39:48actually
- 39:48is.
- 39:49Domee
- 39:49Shi
- 39:50is
- 39:50a
- 39:50talented
- 39:51filmmaker,
- 39:51an
- 39:52inspiration
- 39:52to
- 39:52all
- 39:52us
- 39:53nerdy
- 39:53girls
- 39:54who
- 39:54maybe
- 39:54daydreamed
- 39:55a
- 39:55little
- 39:55too
- 39:55much
- 39:55when
- 39:56we
- 39:56were
- 39:56teenagers.
- 39:57She's
- 39:57co
- 39:57directing
- 39:58Elio
- 39:58for
- 39:58Pixar
- 39:59next
- 39:59and
- 39:59that
- 39:59comes
- 40:00out
- 40:00next
- 40:00year.
- 40:02I
- 40:02also
- 40:02love
- 40:02the
- 40:02period
- 40:032002
- 40:04setting,
- 40:04but
- 40:04again,
- 40:04that's
- 40:05not
- 40:05going
- 40:05to
- 40:05work
- 40:05for
- 40:05anyone
- 40:06born
- 40:06in
- 40:06the
- 40:072000s.
- 40:08All
- 40:08in
- 40:08all,
- 40:09Turning
- 40:09Red
- 40:09may
- 40:10not
- 40:10be
- 40:10your
- 40:10favorite
- 40:10Pixar
- 40:11movie,
- 40:11and
- 40:11it's
- 40:12certainly
- 40:12not
- 40:12mine
- 40:13because
- 40:13that's
- 40:14still
- 40:14the
- 40:14Incredibles.
- 40:15But
- 40:15it's
- 40:15a
- 40:16step
- 40:16in
- 40:16the
- 40:16right
- 40:16direction
- 40:17for
- 40:17a
- 40:17studio
- 40:17that
- 40:17has
- 40:18seemingly
- 40:18lost
- 40:18its
- 40:19way
- 40:19a
- 40:19little
- 40:19from
- 40:19the
- 40:20halcyon
- 40:20days
- 40:21of
- 40:21Toy
- 40:22Story,
- 40:22Wall
- 40:22E,
- 40:23Inside
- 40:23Out
- 40:23Monsters
- 40:24Inc.
- 40:24And
- 40:24Coco.
- 40:25Personal
- 40:26stories
- 40:26might
- 40:26be
- 40:27personal,
- 40:27but
- 40:28they're
- 40:28also
- 40:28relatable.
- 40:29And
- 40:29Turning
- 40:30Red
- 40:30really
- 40:30struggled
- 40:31without
- 40:31getting
- 40:31that
- 40:32cinema
- 40:32release.
- 40:33It
- 40:33may
- 40:33have
- 40:33been
- 40:33a
- 40:33risk
- 40:34for
- 40:34Pixar,
- 40:34but
- 40:34Pixar
- 40:35should
- 40:35take
- 40:35more
- 40:36risk,
- 40:36as
- 40:36should
- 40:37Hollywood
- 40:37in
- 40:37general.
- 40:38Let's
- 40:38be
- 40:38honest,
- 40:39puberty
- 40:39might
- 40:40be
- 40:40the
- 40:40one
- 40:40most
- 40:41relatable
- 40:41thing
- 40:41that
- 40:42humans
- 40:42go
- 40:42through.
- 40:43Turning
- 40:43Red
- 40:44would
- 40:44be
- 40:44remarkable
- 40:45just
- 40:45for
- 40:45that
- 40:45one
- 40:45fact
- 40:46alone.
- 40:46And
- 40:47yet
- 40:47here
- 40:47we
- 40:47also
- 40:48are
- 40:48with
- 40:48Pixar's
- 40:48first
- 40:49solo
- 40:49female
- 40:49director,
- 40:50first
- 40:50female
- 40:51director
- 40:51of
- 40:51color,
- 40:52first
- 40:52Asian
- 40:53led
- 40:53story
- 40:53by
- 40:53Pixar,
- 40:54and
- 40:54Pixar's
- 40:55first
- 40:55all
- 40:55female
- 40:56senior
- 40:56production
- 40:56team.
- 40:57Turning
- 40:58Red
- 40:58breaks
- 40:58barriers.
- 40:59It's
- 40:59a
- 40:59story
- 41:00about
- 41:00Asian
- 41:00families,
- 41:01Asian
- 41:01cultures
- 41:02with
- 41:02Asian
- 41:02representation
- 41:03on
- 41:03and
- 41:04off
- 41:04screen,
- 41:05but
- 41:05it
- 41:05remains
- 41:06a
- 41:06universally
- 41:07understood
- 41:08story.
- 41:09I
- 41:09relate
- 41:09to.
- 41:09May
- 41:10I
- 41:10weirdly
- 41:11also
- 41:11relate
- 41:11to
- 41:11Ming
- 41:12just
- 41:12wanting
- 41:12to
- 41:12protect
- 41:13her
- 41:13child.
- 41:14We've
- 41:14all
- 41:14had
- 41:14weird
- 41:15crushes
- 41:15and
- 41:15drawn
- 41:16those
- 41:16horrible,
- 41:17awful,
- 41:17sexy
- 41:17things.
- 41:18I
- 41:18like
- 41:18boys
- 41:19and
- 41:19loud
- 41:19music.
- 41:20I
- 41:20like
- 41:20Joy
- 41:21rating.
- 41:21Deal
- 41:22with
- 41:22it.
- 41:22But
- 41:22also
- 41:23everyone
- 41:24go
- 41:24home,
- 41:24where
- 41:24are
- 41:25your
- 41:25parents?
- 41:25And
- 41:26put
- 41:26some
- 41:26clothes
- 41:26on.
- 41:27Thank
- 41:28you
- 41:28for
- 41:28listening.
- 41:28As
- 41:28always,
- 41:28I
- 41:29would
- 41:29love
- 41:29to
- 41:29hear
- 41:29your
- 41:29thoughts
- 41:29on
- 41:30Turning
- 41:30Red.
- 41:31Thank
- 41:31you
- 41:31for
- 41:31your
- 41:32continued
- 41:32support
- 41:32of
- 41:33this
- 41:33podcast
- 41:33and
- 41:34once
- 41:34again,
- 41:35Happy
- 41:35New
- 41:36Year
- 41:36to
- 41:36you
- 41:36all.
- 41:37If
- 41:38you
- 41:38want
- 41:38to
- 41:38get
- 41:38involved
- 41:39and
- 41:39you
- 41:39want
- 41:39to
- 41:39help
- 41:40this
- 41:40podcast
- 41:40grow,
- 41:41you
- 41:41can.
- 41:42You
- 41:42could
- 41:42leave
- 41:43a
- 41:43rating
- 41:43or
- 41:43review
- 41:43wherever
- 41:44you
- 41:44found
- 41:44this
- 41:44podcast.
- 41:45You
- 41:45can
- 41:46find
- 41:46me
- 41:46on
- 41:46social
- 41:47media,
- 41:47I
- 41:47am
- 41:47@VerbalDiorama,
- 41:49on
- 41:49Twitter,
- 41:49Facebook,
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- 41:52You
- 41:53can
- 41:53find
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- 41:55can
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- 41:56all
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- 41:57you
- 41:57can
- 41:57simply
- 41:58tell
- 41:58your
- 41:58friends
- 41:59and
- 41:59family
- 41:59about
- 41:59this
- 42:00podcast
- 42:01if
- 42:01you
- 42:01like
- 42:01this
- 42:02episode
- 42:02on
- 42:02Turning
- 42:02Red.
- 42:03I've
- 42:03also
- 42:03done
- 42:03previous
- 42:04episodes
- 42:04on
- 42:05a
- 42:05few
- 42:05different
- 42:05Pixar
- 42:06movies
- 42:06actually,
- 42:06but
- 42:06the
- 42:07two
- 42:07that
- 42:07I
- 42:07thought
- 42:07most
- 42:08feel
- 42:08like
- 42:09companions
- 42:09for
- 42:10this
- 42:10episode,
- 42:11probably
- 42:11episode
- 42:1275,
- 42:12which
- 42:12is
- 42:12on
- 42:13Coco,
- 42:13and
- 42:14episode
- 42:14188,
- 42:15which
- 42:15is
- 42:16on
- 42:16Inside
- 42:17Out.
- 42:18So
- 42:18the
- 42:18next
- 42:18episode
- 42:19we
- 42:20talk
- 42:20about
- 42:20Bruno?
- 42:21No,
- 42:22no,
- 42:22no.
- 42:23Or
- 42:23maybe
- 42:23we
- 42:23do
- 42:24because
- 42:25it's
- 42:25time
- 42:26for
- 42:26more
- 42:26generational
- 42:27trauma
- 42:28with
- 42:28Disney's
- 42:29Encanto
- 42:30coming
- 42:30up
- 42:31next.
- 42:31This
- 42:31animation
- 42:32season
- 42:33I've
- 42:33done
- 42:33a
- 42:33Pixar
- 42:34movie,
- 42:34so
- 42:34it
- 42:35makes
- 42:35sense
- 42:35to
- 42:35do
- 42:35a
- 42:36Disney
- 42:36movie
- 42:36next.
- 42:37Join
- 42:37me
- 42:38next
- 42:38week
- 42:38for
- 42:38the
- 42:39history
- 42:39and
- 42:39legacy
- 42:40of
- 42:40Encanto.
- 42:42Now,
- 42:42this
- 42:42podcast
- 42:43is
- 42:43free
- 42:43and
- 42:43it
- 42:43always
- 42:44will
- 42:44be
- 42:44free.
- 42:45However,
- 42:45it
- 42:45is
- 42:46not
- 42:46free
- 42:46to
- 42:46make
- 42:46a
- 42:46podcast.
- 42:47I
- 42:48rely
- 42:48on
- 42:49the
- 42:49incredibly
- 42:50generous
- 42:50support
- 42:51of
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- 42:51wonderful
- 42:51people
- 42:52who
- 42:52support
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- 42:54Now,
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- 42:54are
- 42:55under
- 42:55no
- 42:55obligation
- 42:56to
- 42:56do
- 42:56the
- 42:56same.
- 42:57However,
- 42:57if
- 42:58you
- 42:58do
- 42:58have
- 42:58some
- 42:58spare
- 42:59pennies
- 42:59and
- 43:00you
- 43:00do
- 43:00get
- 43:00value
- 43:01out
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