Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Mother knows best: ‘Turning Red,’ ‘Encanto,’ and Disney/Pixar’s new overbearing moms…

A decade or more ago, if the protagonist of an animated film had a disapproving, overbearing, or blinkered parental figure with overly restrictive ideas about their offspring’s life, that parent was usually the father. Domineering dads were a notable trope of the 1990s Disney renaissance, from King Triton in The Little Mermaid to Tarzan’s grumpy ape father Kerchak…