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In light of #MeToo, Disney quietly deleted a “blooper” scene from the latest release of Toy Story 2
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It looks like Disney is reevaluating some of its earlier work to better fit the current climate—one that hopefully finds creepy behavior less amusing and more…well, fucking creepy. One such moment took place in Toy Story 2‘s faux blooper reel. The scene begins at 3:29 where Stinky Pete, the antagonistic prospector voiced by Kelsey Grammer, is seen in a box with twin Barbie dolls. Pete is speaking rather lecherously, asking them if they are “absolutely twins,” and suggestively flexing his ability to get them parts in the next Toy Story sequel while grabbing one of their hands. As soon as he realizes he’s being filmed, his demeanor changes entirely and he quickly escorts them out of his box. As quick as it is, Disney is now realizing that the implications of the clip are not worth the potential laughs and removing it entirely from future DVD and digital copies.
It’s a familiar casting couch scenario and a common trope that has often been used to denote a character’s creepiness. But with the parade of stories of harassment and abuse at the hands of many men in the industry—including Pixar’s co-founder and former head John Lasseter, the scene is just a gross reminder of behavior that has been excused and overlooked for decades. It’s also an example of how the public is socialized to downplay this kind of interaction from a young age. Hopefully this is a sign of more thoughtful writing to come, which would spare them secret editing sessions in the future.
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Toy Story 4 | Official Trailer 2
Watch the final trailer for Toy Story 4, and see the film in theaters June 21. Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that’s Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called “Forky” to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.
Toy Story 4 teaser trailer arrives, reveals Forky
Woody, Buzz and company will return next summer, with a new spork-turned-craft-project pal.
The teaser trailer for Pixar’s Toy Story 4 dropped Monday, hinting at a turbulent relationship between our heroes and reluctant new toy Forky.
Our old heroes are happily living with Bonnie after Andy passed them onto her at the end of Toy Story 3, but Forky (played by Tony Hale of Arrested Development) is a spork-turned-craft-project who doesn’t identify as a toy at all, so he’d prefer not to go on any adventures.
“A utensil’s existential crisis?” said Hale of the role. “I’m in!”
“And it was the end of Woody’s story with Andy. But just like in life, every ending is a new beginning,” he said in a release Monday. “Woody now being in a new room, with new toys, and a new kid, was something we have never seen before. The questions of what that would be like became the beginning of an entertaining story worth exploring.”
Earlier this month, Tom Hanks (who’s played Woody since the 1995 original) hinted that the fourth movie’s ending “is a moment in history.”
The trailer will make its big screen debut with Ralph Breaks the Internet, in theaters Nov. 21, while Toy Story 4 is set to release on June 20, 2019 in Australia and June 21, 2019 in the US and UK.
It’s also set to be among the first new movies on the Disney+ streaming service, scheduled to arrive in 2019.
In case you’re wondering, the song in the trailer is July Collins’ version of Both Sides Now, written by Joni Mitchell in 1967.
Article via CNET