Raya and the Last Dragon Is Disney Princess Empowerment as a Pan-Asian Pop Mash-Up Raya and the Last Dragon Is Disney Princess Empowerment as a Pan-Asian Pop Mash-Up
The Mouse House s latest animated feature throws a female hero s journey into a fantasy-action blockbuster blender - yet works best as a buddy comedy
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A lone figure blasts across a barren wasteland, riding a single rolling wheel like a Suzuki motorcycle, face masked and emitting a very full-metal-Furiosa energy this is our introduction to the hero of Disney’s
Raya and the Last Dragon, a cold opening served medium-hot. Centuries ago, in a world known as Kumandra, nations were united and dragons filled the skies. Then a plague known as “the Druun” swept in, a purple haze that turned man and beast temporarily to stone. It was eventually repelled by a jewel that contained the combined energy of those magnificent, scaly creatures, who remained statues even as Hom
WandaVision Is a Love Letter to TV - And a Reminder of How to Do It Right WandaVision Is a Love Letter to TV - And a Reminder of How to Do It Right
The Disney+ series acts as a weekly lesson in crafting stories to suit the format, and starved streaming-era viewers are rightly eating it up
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As a comic book character, Wanda Maximoff has an origin story too convoluted to get into here. As a member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, she has an origin that can be boiled down to a simple idea: She is a child of television.