Disney, overweight dancer in a short film to fight body shaming – Corriere.it

Disney sides against the body shamig. She does it in a six minute short, “Reflect”whose heroin, Whiteit’s a’aspiring dancer in conflict with his body, which he manages to overcome his negative feelings and dance in freedom. The opera, directed by Hillary Bradfieldpromotes theacceptance of their own imagewhatever it is the size. A positivity in which the director firmly believes, as she states in an interview at the beginning of the short film. Shooting the film from the point of view of a dancer, she explained, was natural. “It’s part of the job to look at yours posture and checking things in the mirror: it seemed so it seemed like a really good way to put her in that environment in which White she has to look at herself and she doesn’t want to, ”Bradfield explained.

“Watching the short – added the director -, I hope people can hear more positive about themselves and their appearance. ” In recent years, Disney has made several strides for enhance diversity of his characters in animated films. Earlier this year, in the animated series “Baymax”spin-off of «Big Hero 6», was present a transgender character. In 2020, the film production house Pixar, which belongs to Disney, gave birth with “Soul” to his first animated film starring a color character. All representations that depart from those seen in many of the company’s previous films. Such as “Wall-E”cartoon released in 2008, which described l
‘obesity in humans as a synonym for environmental destruction: a representation that, according to some critics, lacked nuances.