painted-starlight:waltdisneyconfessions:While I adore Coco, it really frustrates me that Pixar just
painted-starlight:waltdisneyconfessions:While I adore Coco, it really frustrates me that Pixar just now made a film featuring a character of color. Why did it take them this long?Because they were allowed to get away with it. No one questioned Pixar’s methods as long as they were getting praised for their “storytelling,” no one was going to challenge them. I garuntee you that out of the potential projects that were pitched, there were bound to be people who had characters of color as protagonists at some point. And they were rejected every single time. But even if most of the pitched projects had white leads, this is because they were tailored to interests of the filmmakers. And these filmmakers were only interested in projects with white leads. Pixar’s not known in the animation community for it’s diverse workplace. It’s notoriously homogeneous, filled with white male creators who promote other white male creators. That doesn’t mean that they don’t hire people of color, but upward mobility is very very difficult compared to their white counterparts. This is why there were so many embarrassing mistakes early in production of Coco and they had to bring in more diversity that was sorely lacking in the direction of the early movie. As soon as they started getting criticized, they made a movie with a non white protagonist. Same with their (white) female protagonist. But even then the intervention and replacement of Brenda Chapmen on Brave with a male director to make it more appealing to boys resulted in a subpar movie that no one really latches onto due to the sexism of the heads of Pixar. When they got to Coco, they brought in more authentic voices. And now it’s considered one of the BEST Pixar movies in recent memory. So lesson: Criticize your media and they will do better. Even if they seem perfect, it’s important to know that they could always be better. If you don’t they’ll keep doing the same shit over and over again. And if they don’t improve you know where their priorities lie. -- source link