How Oscar winner Domee Shi embraced her weirdness in Pixar films Bao and Turning Red

Director Domee Shi poured embarrassing details from her tween years into the coming-of-age comedy Turning Red. PHOTO: THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
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SINGAPORE – Pixar Animation Studios’ Oscar-winning short film Bao (2018) has racked up millions of views on YouTube.

The story of a woman who comes across a magically sentient bao, or dumpling, and raises him as her son leads the viewer along a heart-warming path, then makes a sudden left turn.

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