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  What You Lose When You Turn Into an Animal

  

  wired.com

  In Pixar’s new film, Soul, the protagonist wakes up in the body of a cat. It’s a common enough trope—but it gets messier the more you think about it.

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  Why is Pixar so brilliant at death?

  

  theguardian.com

  From Up’s moving life story to the father-son parting of Onward, the animation powerhouse has never...

  From Up’s moving life story to the father-son parting of Onward, the animation powerhouse has never shirked from profound contemplationThere comes a time in the life of a writer, director and, perhaps, a company when the days shorten, the shadows lengthen and contemplating the inevitable must begin. The guy in the cloak with the retro lawn equipment can’t be ignored any longer: Death. In...

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  In ‘Soul’ on Disney+, Pixar Has Its First Black Lead Character

  

  nytimes.com

  Mindful of animation’s history of racist imagery, the studio aimed to make the jazz pianist at...

  Mindful of animation’s history of racist imagery, the studio aimed to make the jazz pianist at the center of the film as specific as possible.

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