Growing up has its challenges.screenshot: Disney/Pixar Based on director Domee Shi‘s upbringing in Canada during the early aughts, Pixar’s Turning Red encapsulates the era right before teens fully lived on the internet. It’s quite the nostalgia punch back to middle school with flip phones, sneaky note passing, and boy bands. But what’s most remarkable, aside […]
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‘Turning Red’ Director Domee Shi Made An ‘Asian Tween Fever Dream’ About PubertyBeing a 13-year-old girl entering puberty can be a nightmare: What is going on with my body? Why do I feel like I’m going to explode? What are periods? Wait, this happens every month?! Director Domee Shi’s “Turning Red,” premiering Friday on Disney+, doesn’t shy away from the pain, horror and confusion of adolescence — […]
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‘Turning Red’ Director Domee Shi Made An ‘Asian Tween Fever Dream’ About PubertyBeing a 13-year-old girl entering puberty can be a nightmare: What is going on with my body? Why do I feel like I’m going to explode? What are periods? Wait, this happens every month?! Director Domee Shi’s “Turning Red,” premiering Friday on Disney+, doesn’t shy away from the pain, horror and confusion of adolescence — […]
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