Disney Already Did Turning Red's Story In 1995 (With A Twist)
Pixar's Turning Red revisits the story of the 90s Disney cult classic A Goofy Movie, but with a twist. At its heart, Turning Red is an animated coming-of-age tale based largely on director Domee Shi's experiences growing up as a Chinese-Canadian kid in Toronto in the early 2000s. Taking inspiration from her childhood, Shi included lots of 90s and 2000s Easter eggs and references throughout Turning Red. Many of the film's themes—and even a few plot points—are even borrowed from the often-referenced 1995 Disney classic A Goofy Movie.
In Turning Red, 13-year-old Chinese-Canadian girl Meilin Lee wants to hang out with her best friends and go to see her favorite boyband 4*Town in concert, but on top of experiencing normal puberty and the everyday challenges of being a tween, she turns into a giant red panda every time she's emotional. On a deeper level, Turning Red addresses what it's like to be stuck between family expectations and the search for an identity outside of the family. Mei's mother Ming fears that Mei's panda will be out of control, just as Ming's is, and it's difficult for Ming to accept that her daughter actually enjoys her panda and has more control of it than she did. The pushback that Mei gets from her mother is all well-meaning, and while the two of them have a big final battle at the 4*Town concert, the concert is ultimately where their relationship is reconciled.
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If all of this sounds familiar, it's because Disney told a similar story nearly 30 years ago in A Goofy Movie, starring Goofy and his teenage son Max. Just like Mei and her friends are obsessed with 4*Town, Max is obsessed with the biggest pop star in their world,
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