Dear Pixar,
You know I love you, and you know that I love that you are making this movie and that I am going to be there on opening day with a giant bag of popcorn. But here’s the thing.
You’re making this movie about a main character that necessarily has to be female. She’s a princess, but she wants to do “boy stuff”. We get it. The story is all wrapped up in gender equality and this is totally a Girl Movie that needs to be made, but here’s my challenge to you:
Make a movie where the lead character just happens to be a girl.
There was no reason that Nemo had to be a boy fishie, or that Remy was a boy rat. I have to applaud you for not making a big deal that the kid in Up wasn’t white, but you’re not done yet. This is about challenging what it means to be “neutral”. You want to make a main character someone that everyone can relate to, that kids will want to go see, and so you want to go neutral. I understand. But white males can be the ones to extrapolate for once. Please continue to push the boundaries. Don’t make Brave the only “girl movie” that you make.
And don’t make the next one a “Girl Movie”.
