At the zoo, we have a poster for Turning Red in front of the red pandas. A lot of kids run over and comment on the movie. Once I was there talking to some teenagers, and started telling them about how the film crew had studied our pandas to help them animate Mei.
One of the girls said that she loved the movie, but then added, "Maybe I just like it because I'm Chinese."
I felt so sad hearing that. It's so important to have different characters and cultures in movies and books. I also like Turning Red, and I told her that I related to it too, for different reasons. (My favorite movie is about a different country and culture too.)
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