Turning Red: Does Miriam Like Mei? Turning Red Theory Explained
An important element in Turning Red was the friendship between Mei and Miriam, Abby, and Priya, and a theory suggests there was something more between two of them as Miriam might have a crush on Mei. Pixar continues to dominate the world of animation and treats its audience to at least one movie per year. 2022 will be one of those lucky years where there are two Pixar movies, and the first one is Turning Red, directed by Domee Shi.
Set in Toronto, Canada, and taking the audience back to 2002, Turning Red follows Meilin «Mei» Lee (Rosalie Chiang), a 13-year-old Chinese-Canadian student who one day discovers that, whenever she gets too excited or stressed, she turns into a giant red panda, but she can turn back if she becomes calm. This transformation is a family curse and it can be contained by performing a special ritual on one specific night, but that night coincides with the concert of Mei’s favorite boy band, and to further complicate everything, Mei also has to deal with her overbearing mother, Ming (Sandra Oh). Luckily for Mei, she has the support of her best friends Miriam (Ava Morse), Abby (Hyein Park), and Priya (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan), who help her figure out who she really is and embrace her panda.
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Mei’s friends are her support system, to the point where just thinking about them helped Mei keep calm and control her panda, and in the end, Miriam, Abby, and Priya were key in Mei’s process of figuring out her true self and embracing it. Although they all shared a strong bond, Turning Red focused more on the friendship between Mei and Miriam, which has made viewers believe there’s more than a friendship between them, suggesting that
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