Puberty is a monster — or more aptly, an adorable, uncontrollable giant panda — in Pixar’s “Turning Red.” An Oscar winner for her imaginative smothering-mother short “Bao,” helmer Domee Shi makes a…
makes a worthy addition to the boys-club studio’s relatively small circle of feature directors, exploring another complicated Asian American parent-child dynamic, this time between a perfectionist tiger mom and the high-achieving yet deeply repressed teenage daughter who’s dying to let out her inner freak just a little.
But Shi’s just getting started, as far as Pixar firsts are concerned. A decade ago, the studio booted director Brenda Chapman off “Brave,” which makes “Turning Red” — its 25th full-length toon and third direct-to-Disney Plus release — the only one to be fully overseen by a woman. And though Pixar previously let Pete Sohn graduate to directing “The Good Dinosaur,” this is the first of the company’s features to center the Asian experience.
But that’s before she actually becomes a panda herself. The change is startling at first, but reversible. Once Mei calms down, she reverts back to her old self. But every time her emotions spike, she “pandas” again: A fluffy tail and ears might sprout, or else her whole body will switch with an appealing “poof.” There may be shades of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
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