[ID: a tweet by adam howes (@/howsito) that reads, “you are now cursed with the job that the main character has in the last movie/TV show you watched. what’s your new profession?” End ID.]
I was just thinking about those kids shows where the MC is treated like shit by everyone around them but then they save the day and suddenly they’re loved and have a bunch of friends?
I love them but I also think it’s a little fucked up in hindsight. I totally understand the part about earning respect, but no person in the world should have to jump through hoops to prove they’re worthy of being treated like a person. Respect, position and status have to be earned. Basic fucking human decency? Absolutely not.
So I’m watching Kung Fu Panda 3 and I noticed a small detail. Y’all notice how when Kai turns people into chi amulets, they end up on his belt…except Oogway. Oogway is on a necklace, close to his heart.
Maybe Kai still cares about his old friend, at least a little…probably reading too much into this but I love it, okay?
Visual Development paintings for KFP 1. Po in the top image is from a Nico Marlet drawing. Bottom image is painted from a Christian Schellewald Layout.
In recent years, television and film animation have made headlines for progress in inclusive storylines, including historic same-sex relationships and plus-size superheroes. Unfortunately, though, a new study from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative discovered that the same spirit of representation doesn’t appear to have spread to those working behind the scenes.
According to the new study, over the past 12 years, only 3% of animated movies were directed by women, Variety reported. That number is even smaller among women of color — Jennifer Yuh Nelson, who directed Kung Fun Panda 2, was the only woman of color to direct an animated film.
When it came to women directors working on television series, the number improved, but only slightly, Variety reported. Thirteen percent of animated programs that aired in 2018 were directed by a woman, and just three of those directors were women of color.
