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Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather overthink Pixar&#8217;s new film Turning Red, a coming of age story about a Chinese-Canadian girl growing up in Toronto in 2002. They find in it echoes of the movies of their own childhoods, from Teen Wolf to Labrynth, and examine how the filmmakers rewrite the story for the modern viewer looking back at 2002.


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<h2>Further Reading</h2>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Wolf">Teen Wolf</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth_(1986_film)">Labyrinth</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Who_Run_with_the_Wolves">Women Who Run with the Wolves</a>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEhbf7_hclPtSkSY3Dd4MhoeMlV-s3R1m">Video Essay by TheBridgetWalker</a> which Pete recommends</li>
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Episode 717: What Would Being Good Even Be For?

Overthinking It subjects the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve.