Contributor: As today's Oscar nominations show, Hollywood animation is in creative crisis

While five of 2025 highest grossers were animated, including "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Zootopia 2," creative timidity ...
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Professors say Lion King and other animated films reinforce white privilege in new study

For a generation of viewers, The Lion King and other big studio cartoons are comfort watches, not political texts. A new ...
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Pixar needs original animated hits. They’re much harder to come by at the box office

For decades, Pixar could hardly miss with its original animated films. But since the pandemic, Pixar and other animation studios have struggled to break through at the box office with the same kinds ...
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Professors claim 'Lion King' and other animated films promote white privilege

For a lot of adults, The Lion King and other big studio cartoons live in a mental file labeled "comfort viewing," not "racial ...