Disney Character Design for people of color
Turning Red (2022)
Meilin (voice of Rosalie Chiang) is a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming (voice of Sandra Oh), is never far from her daughter – an unfortunate reality for the teenager. And as if changes to her interests, relationships and body weren’t enough, whenever she gets too excited (which is practically ALWAYS), she “poofs” into a giant red panda.
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Articles related to this topic:
https://www.cbr.com/ways-turning-red-like-encanto-ways-different/
https://www.mic.com/p/why-do-animators-keep-turning-people-of-color-into-animals-65481570
https://www.wired.com/story/turning-red-is-pixars-most-personal-movie-yet/
Comparing to the earlier one of Disney animated film with Asian character, Mulan(1998).
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41819264
https://www.castlescapesandclones.com/post/a-look-at-people-of-color-in-disney-animated-films
My own thought after watching these two movies:
Why are there some similarities in visual element and story setting ?
Why Disney presents Asian in these ways?
Is there a Disney “formula” to tell a Asian story?
Is it a stereotype or is it a generally acceptable by Asian?
Why is there only “one-single type” of Chinese, Disney is trying to depict?