“Win or Lose,” the first-ever long-form sequence from Pixar, was initially set to function a transgender storyline that ended up being minimize by Disney, Selection has discovered.
Premiering on Feb. 11, “Win or Lose” will observe eight members of a center college softball staff as they gear up for his or her championship sport. Every episode follows a distinct character, and the present is meant to focus on numerous views — together with “the insecure children, their helicopter mother and father, even a lovesick umpire” per the official logline — however a trans perspective was faraway from the present. A supply tells Selection that references to one of many characters’ gender identification was eliminated, affecting a couple of traces of dialogue within the present’s later episodes, although it seems that there was not a full episode dedicated to the subject material.
“On the subject of animated content material for a youthful viewers, we acknowledge that many mother and father would favor to debate sure topics with their kids on their very own phrases and timeline,” mentioned a spokesperson for Disney.
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