![]() See? Nothing to worry about.Īs the film makers seem to suggest, I think the choice of diverse ages and sexes for each character inside Riley's mind as opposed to the more uniform characters of the parents was made mainly for dramatic and comedic purposes with the possible acception of Joy. She is not exactly an old-style Disney princess, but on the other hand she is not an asexual introvert, or a crossdresser, or into hairy guys. So, while diversity is respected and silly gender stereotypes are mocked, Riley is still a vanilla cisgender girl. But imagine for a second that either Joy or Sadness is "male". ![]() It's arguably easy to imagine "female" Fear and "male" Disgust, or even "female" Anger similar to mom's. Their attempt to drive Riley for a prolonged period of time was a desperate measure and almost led to a disaster. They are her avatars in her inner journey and the three remaining emotions, Fear, Anger and Disgust, serve their role only in specific situations (eating broccoli, playing hockey, dealing with electric cables). While Riley has all kinds of "men", "women" and "monsters" in her head, her two most important emotions are Joy and Sadness, who are "female". Her dad taught her how to be fair and assertive, and her mom taught her how to understand other people. It can emphasize the fact that Riley has inherited the traits of both of her parents. Note that Riley's Sadness looks like a daughter of mom's Sadness, and Riley's Anger is a younger version of dad's Anger, sans the moustache. ![]() Moreover, Riley is shown as a plucky, independent girl: she plays hockey, talks back to her parents, and her inner life is not limited to Imaginary Boyfriend Machine. ![]() While Riley has some stereotypical "girlish" traits, they are affectionately deconstructed all the time. Once we assume that all emotions in one's head must have gender and it must be similar to person's assigned gender, we start slipping into deep sexist swamp where only "Woman's Tears", "Man's Rage" and other non-objective abominations dwell.įortunately, Inside Out is far from being sexist. I would like to add three complementary points no one else mentioned: Diverse cast of Riley's emotions makes the movie more interesting. The reasons of comedy and drama, as described by Word of God in cde's answer, are clearly the most important. Having some of the emotions as male is purely for show. Secondary to this is of course the rule of funny. She's still raw and malleable, impressionable. She's still growing, and developing her own style. So in short, Riley's emotions are mixed because, as a pre-teen, she's likely not to have developed a strict outer personality. With mom and dad, we skewed them all male and all female for a quick read, because you have to understand where we are, which is a little phony but hopefully people don't mind! Plus the female roles lead because it's inside a girl. Sadness felt a little more feminine and Mindy Kahling as Disgust felt right. It felt to me like Anger's very masculine, I don't know why. Interviewer: What was the thought process behind the genders of the emotions?ĭocter: Again, it was intuitive. ![]() So the parents are simplified to make the scene easier to follow, and because as Adults, they have already developed their adult personality/emotions. They all have like dopey obvious mustaches or big red glasses so that you’re instantly clear on, ‘Oh, it’s mom it’s dad.’ Not only did making the emotions gender specific in the parents make the sequence easier to follow, but it also opened up an opportunity to create a few extra laughs.įor the comedy of it, we’re cutting between 18 characters and 4 locations in that dinner scene, so we just went broad with it - kind of how SNL would do it. Had Riley’s parents both had multi-gendered emotions like their daughter, the scene would have been going back between 18 different characters, and it was a bit unruly unless everyone was identifiable. anywhere is possible.’ĭocter said that they were ultimately two things that were absolutely vital to the scene: clarity and comedy. I remember, we talked to John and he said, ‘Well, I thought you did it because, as adults, we become more kind of set in our ways. Director Pete Docter and Pixar founder John Lasseter explain why Riley's emotions are mixed while her parents' are not.įirst, the parents' emotions are due to both emotional development and story and acting flow: ![]()
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