As with Luca, Turning Red hints at telling a story that could serve as a metaphor for life with a queer identity without needing to explore romance or sexuality. Whether this was the intention of director Domee Shi (whose directorial debut, the short form Bao, won her an academy award) doesn’t affect whether this is a film where queer people might be able to see themselves. As with Luca, the trailer hints at telling a story that could serve as a metaphor for life with a queer identity without needing to explore romance or sexuality. To be clear, this doesn’t mean that the character is LGBTQ+ or that there is any romance in this trailer. In just a minute and fifty seconds, the scenes starring Rosalie Chian as Mei Lee and Sandra Oh as her mother, Ming, managed to hit multiple notes that open it up for a queer read. Fresh from “accidentally” telling a queer narrative in Luca that had viewers finishing the movie and saying “ Holy shit, it was gay ,” Pixar has dropped the first trailer for Turning Red.
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