Bao

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Bao (2018)
Oscar-winning Pixar director and writer Domee Shi discusses how her first credit paved the way for her to tell bold, risk-taking stories in animated short 'Bao' and full-length feature 'Turning Red.'
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A Chinese-Canadian woman suffering from empty nest syndrome gets a second shot at motherhood when one of her handmade dumplings comes alive.A Chinese-Canadian woman suffering from empty nest syndrome gets a second shot at motherhood when one of her handmade dumplings comes alive.A Chinese-Canadian woman suffering from empty nest syndrome gets a second shot at motherhood when one of her handmade dumplings comes alive.

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    • Trivia
      A few Easter eggs point to Toronto, Canada as the location: the CN tower in the cityscape background, a boy wearing aVince Carter style "15" jersey, and a Canadian flag pinned to the refrigerator door.
    • Goofs
      Mom eats Bao yet he reappears all grown up toward the end of the story.

      Correction: the son was real (see the family photos on the wall above the dining table) and the living bun was a dream, playing out the real life events of the son leaving home.
    • Crazy credits
      Instead of the usual Pixar credit for "production babies" - babies born to people who worked on a given film during its production - there is a credit for "production baos".
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    When a kind of stuffed dumpling begins to act human, a lonely mother raises it as a child. What is fun is that the thing begins to act in very human terms, showing defiance and sexuality. What transpires is Pixar's gift for 2018. The animation is so creative and so unique. See this Academy Award winner whenever possible.

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