Monday, March 14, 2022

Turning Red: Mei Lee

Mei Lee is a confident, dorky thirteen-year-old torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Whenever her emotions get the better of her (whether it be getting too excited or too scared), she turns into a giant red panda and has to calm herself in order to change back.




































23 comments:

  1. I watched the film. This Pixar flick is definitely not for families and small children. In general, the film is aimed at a very specific target group.

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    1. Mainly those groups, yes. But younger kids can see it and discuss the film with their parents too.

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  2. Did they seriously just make an allegorical movie about being on the freaking rag?

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    1. What do you mean by allegorical?

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    2. There's a scene that blatantly implies having a period for the first time. It isn't the case, thank goodness, Mei has reached a point in life where her red panda form manifests, and all the daughters of her family receive this mystical ability.

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    3. >What do you mean by allegorical?
      That the whole turning into a red panda thing is really just a metaphor for something else.
      >It isn't the case, thank goodness
      Well apart from: "Turning Red is definitely a persuasive manifesto for “releasing the Red Panda” to be added to that list of menstruation euphemisms"(RS review). Reading almost every site saying 'finally a children's movie bold enough to tackle 'such and such'' was already enough of a red flag for me anyway.

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    4. Benny: You don't have to overanalyze everything you said.

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    5. Oh, you mean >muh tism spikes? Habit, can't help it.

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    6. Benny: Don't go overboard with what you say.

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  3. There's also a movie called Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return and a show from Amazon called Lost in Oz.

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    1. Check these out: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_of_Oz%3A_Dorothy%27s_Return https://oz.fandom.com/wiki/Legends_of_Oz:_Dorothy%27s_Return https://www.wcofun.com/legends-of-oz-dorothys-return https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_in_Oz_%28TV_series%29 https://oz.fandom.com/wiki/Lost_in_Oz_(web_series) and https://www.wcofun.com/anime/lost-in-oz

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    2. In Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return, Dorothy is briefly seen barefoot while in her nightgown and putting her boots on. For Lost in Oz, you should watch all the episodes and see.

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  4. GumballW, do you have Disney+? I couldn't find this movie anywhere online.

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    1. I am afraid your Google-Fu is weak, lmao. I was able to find the movie online.

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  5. I figured she would have some. Good on you to post her.

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