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Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

>Inside Out 2 (theatrical) New Pixar movie and sequel to 2015's "Inside 
>Out" which follows the emotions inside a young girl's head.  The first 
>movie had the emotion "Joy" (Amy Poehler) bullying all the other 
>emotions until she's forced to come to grips that "Sadness" (Phyllis 
>Smith) is a valid and important emotion too.  This movie has the young 
>girl hitting puberty and getting new emotions, "Anxiety," "Envy," 
>"Ennui," and "Embarrassment."  Anxiety explains the girl needs more 
>complex emotions than the original group and Anxiety's job is to plan 
>for the future.  Joy isn't ready to give up control of the girl 
>prompting Anxiety and the new emotions to bottle and discard the 
>original group.  I really liked this movie. The thing I really like 
>about Pixar movies is on the surface it might look like it's a kid 
>movie, but they are very much also aimed at adults.  There was a line in 
>the movie, "I don't know how to stop anxiety.  Maybe that's what happens 
>when you grow up, you feel less joy." I think that line is going to hit 
>a lot of people hard.

I didn't think Inside Out was a kids' movie. They consulted with real
psychologists, or maybe just figured out how to write off years of
therapy as a business expense.