![]() ![]() “The hope is with putting it on the screen and having it be something that is cringy, but also funny, and a part of this story, it does normalize it,” producer Lindsey Collins told pop culture and gaming news site Polygon. But by addressing menstruation with candor and levity, the creators of “Turning Red” intend to destigmatize it – for everyone, not just young girls. Tackling the subject of periods feels especially radical for an animation giant like Pixar, given that 20 of the 24 films released by the studio center males. Still, these examples tend to be the exception, not the norm. And in more recent history, the ABC sitcom “ Black-ish” treats Diane’s first period as an empowering experience. A 2001 episode of the animated series “ Braceface” sees Sharon mistake her menstrual cramps for appendicitis. A scene from the 1991 coming-of-age film “ My Girl” features Vada screaming that she’s hemorrhaging, only to be told that she’s gotten her period. There was the 1991 episode of the sitcom “ Blossom,” which saw its titular character struggling to talk to her dad about her first period and wishing she had Clair Huxtable to guide her. When the information she gets from her pals is faulty, it’s Clair who steps in to reassure her that periods are completely normal. In a 1990 episode of “ The Cosby Show,” in which Rudy gets her first period, the youngest Huxtable rebuffs her mom Clair Huxtable’s efforts to celebrate the occasion and turns to her friends for support. While positive period portrayals in kids’ and family-oriented movies and TV shows are rare, there are some notable examples. ![]() Mei's complicated relationship with her mother is at the heart of "Turning Red." Disney/Pixar And too afraid to tell her mom or ask anybody about what was going on.” I mean, this movie is actually is for 13-year-old Domee that was in a bathroom, horrified, thinking that she had crapped her pants. “And I think that’s precisely why we wanted to put it in the movie. “You don’t see that very often in movies and TV shows,” Shi said in an interview with entertainment news site Uproxx, of the period talk between Mei and her mom. It’s a taboo that director Domee Shi was acutely aware of. Though periods are an experience shared by half the world’s population for a significant part of their lives, they’re often regarded onscreen (when they’re regarded at all) with fear, shame or disgust. It treats periods and female puberty as something to be embraced, rather than be embarrassed about. Menstruation may not be what’s ailing Mei, but the metaphor for periods, puberty and the ensuing emotional roller coaster is clear.īy normalizing – and even celebrating – one of life’s most awkward phases, “Turning Red” does something not often seen on film and television, especially media aimed at kids. ![]() As Mei soon discovers, she poofs into a furry red panda when she’s overcome with emotion, reverting back only when she gets her emotions under control. Mei is indeed undergoing a bodily transformation – just not the one her mom thinks. Mei Lee is a 13-year-old girl who loves karaoke, her best friends and the boy band 4*Town. ![]()
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