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Thanks, that makes sense, the family is the center of love. Good background and perspective. I still think for the sake of storytelling there's a lot to be gain

by mkempe 9y ago

Thanks, that makes sense, the family is the center of love. Good background and perspective. I still think for the sake of storytelling there's a lot to be gained by the inclusion of romantic interests. There was just Hector. Look at wall-e and eve, the couple in Up, Ratatouille, Toy Story; most Pixar movies before they became part of Disney?

eesmith 9y ago
This is also the first Pixar film to be based on an existing, well-established theme. I'm trying to imagine of an example of what that incongruity might feel like to someone of my Anglo background. The best I could come up with is a Christmas movie with a Romeo&Juliet love interest, where the two lead characters are dead by Christmas morning. If I didn't know what Christmas was, other than "a large festival for family", then I might think it adds to the tragedy of the story. But, I argue, it's no longer a Christmas movie, but rather a movie which takes place on Christmas. (Analogously, E.T. partially takes place on Halloween, but it is not a Halloween movie.) Then to give a sense of "made by and for Anglos", think if this film were filmed in India, as a Bollywood-style musical, and where the two families were, say, stereotypical rich Texas oil families, rather like Bobby Ewing and Pamela Barnes from Dallas.