"In 'Bao,' an aging Chinese mom suffering from empty nest syndrome gets another chance at motherhood when one of her dumplings springs to life as a lively, giggly dumpling boy. Mom excitedly welcomes this new bundle of joy into her life, but Dumpling starts growing up fast, and Mom must come to the bittersweet revelation that nothing stays cute and small forever. This short film from Pixar Animation Studios and director Domee Shi explores the ups and downs of the parent-child relationship through the colorful, rich, and tasty lens of the Chinese immigrant community in Canada..."

From http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/12/for-the-first-time-ever-disney-posts-a-pixar-short-on-youtube-for-free/.
newtboysays...

To be fair, the article didn't indicate white people were really freaking out over it, many were just not relating to it deeply in the way many second generation Americans do and some didn't understand it at all.

I actually expected the husband to wolf it down in the morning without ever noticing.

00Scud00said:

I can't believe so many people freaked out about this short, and by people I mean white people.
https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/26/17505726/pixar-bao-dumpling-short-reactions

olyar15says...

Weird. Unlike so many other Pixar shorts, this one did nothing for me. It was interesting, though. Gotta give them credit for that.

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