Okay so when 101 Dalmatians came out, the popularity of the breed skyrocketed (despite the fact that they aren’t usually the best dogs for small children).
When Finding Nemo came out, every damn kid in the country wanted a clownfish (again, not the message the movie was wanting to get across because its bad for the clownfish).
And of course the same thing for Finding Dory (and we remember the many “don’t get a blue tang” posts that popped up around the time the movie was released.)
So clearly, Disney movies have this unintended power to get more people to get certain pets because they look like a movie character. But as mentioned above, this comes with consequences that are harmful to the animals or the owners.
But what if Disney used this power to end the stigma against pit bulls/bully breeds and get more of these wonderful dogs adopted? If they made a movie starring pit bulls, I’m thinking it could do wonders for bully breeds, rescues, and shelters.
They just need to show the breed in a realistic light. Pitties are playful, adorable, and so darn sweet, and the movie should showcase that. But it should also show that they’re not the best dog for everyone (I worked at a doggy daycare and most of the injuries I got from pit bulls was because they’re so excited and don’t know their own strength. The rest of them weren’t well socialized…. but ANY breed can be poorly socialized and not do well with other dogs).
So maybe the movies conflict arises because the main dog character does one of the things that people are afraid of pitbulls for, and the rest of the movie shows that any dog is worth loving
and saving. It could be a heartwarming story for all and with how much influence Disney has over our culture, they could use their power to do a lot of great help for bully breeds.
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again but god Finding Nemo would be the ultimate disability power movie if they were actual people and not…fish.
Like the core story of a disabled child being cared for by his overprotective parent after his mother died at birth, only for the disabled child to get fed up with the fact that his father severely doubts his abilities, causing him to run away, get lost, and get taken in by a gang of dysfunctional but well-meaning outcasts with a disabled leader who acts as this kid’s mentor while helping him manage his disability while simultaneously reconnecting him with his father is literally the best story idea in the world! I would kill to be able to write that!
And Disney technically did.
It’s just…they’re all fish…I can’t relate to a fish…they’re f i s h…
Wait, two movies of the same techniques that share some ideas and characters, coming out a few years of distance, unconventional from the mainstream, one of them being from Disney, involving dead people and with quirky characters taken from a bunch of mythologies…
Where have I seen this before…
We white people/goths/Tim Burton fans have already been there. It happens that similar movies come out at a similar time, especially in animation.
Case and point…
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And you know the best part? We’ve already had two animated movies in a Latin American setting in the same period before.
In the end, both movies got a cult following. And they deserve it, because both are really good.
Let us all let Coco breathe. Pixar guarantees quality, and needs some diversifying. And if anyone needs some reassurance, look up some of the crossovers we got between Emily’s world and Jack’s world.
