As much as some people try on the Internet (with infamous word games like “Wokeflix” or “Disgay”), Hollywood production companies are not woke, nor quite the opposite. They go where market trends go to maximize their profits. If you sell one thing, they will bet on stories of that type. If they notice that the market is going the other way, they will change course. Companies never have a moral beacon beyond money, and the perfect example is in Disney, accused by many of “woke” for showing a one-second kiss in ‘Lightyear’ and changing a couple of fictional characters’ skin color , which has once again demonstrated that His only ideal is the sun that warms the most.
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Yesterday the news broke on social networks, and media such as Variety have expanded information about what has happened. ‘In victory or in defeat’, the new Pixar series for Disney+ (and the first original after the spin-off ‘Monsters at work’ and ‘El Sueño productions’), was going to have a subplot about a non-binary character with doubts about their gender identity. And I say “was” because, of course, Disney ordered to remove it when it was already quite advanced.
The reason, according to Disney, is that “When it comes to animated content for a younger audience, we recognize that Many parents would prefer to discuss certain topics with their children on their own terms and time.“. Someone at Pixar has leaked the storyboard, and it’s as innocent as you might think: a trans girl goes to her bathroom, but finds herself in the mirror with doubts about her identity, doesn’t know what she should feel, and looks in the mirror with her face totally deformed and broken. Imagine being offended by something like that..
The series will premiere on February 11in the midst of a fight for content between a diverse Pixar (look, if you don’t believe me, the fabulous Sparkshorts on Disney+) and grown after the success of ‘Inside Out 2’ and a Disney that has disappointed a large part of its audience faithful in bowing to extreme conservatism (and happy on the other hand, everything must be said, happy that there is no representation). If this is something specific or if the fear of the response of the most conservative sector on social networks is going to become chronic, It is a question that we will solve in the future. Sadly.
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