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DIRECTOR'S CUT: What TOY STORY Got Right About Friendship (Patreon)

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2022-09-21 14:07:11
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2026-06
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How can you build friendships that last to infinity and beyond?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright talk about the characteristics of strong friendships as shown by the characters in Pixar's Toy Story franchise, especially Woody and Buzz. These characters show what it's like to maintain friendship even when you disagree or face hard times. It's about supporting each other (even when you're having an existential crisis when you realize you're a toy), being real with each other (like telling your friend he's not a space ranger), caring for one another, and having awesome catchphrases.

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Melissa

I will land on Toy Story 4 is worth the undoing. It could be saved alone by the scene where Bonnie's toys hijack Dad's camper ... comedic therapy. Everyone loves a good drama where you experience the catharsis, but I tune in more for your laughter, guys, than your tears. :) P.S. And speaking of comedy, I love all the Toy Storys, but I have to say the funniest of them all was the TV special, Toy Story of Terror. If you haven't seen it, you must! It takes place after the third movie. And Mr. Pricklepants is my favorite toy. My husband and I frequently ask each other if we're classically trainined. :)

Katizaris Leanisillis

I think I may be the only person who absolutely hated Toy Story, but I don't know if this is the movie's fault. In the first movie, Woody gets gaslighted to infinity and beyond by all the other toys, and my childhood was built on gaslighting, so watching the movie was so triggering for me that I couldn't enjoy the rest of it, even though it ultimately pivots away to a place where Buzz has a healthier, more realistic sense of self. There's a fine line, sometimes, between supporting someone and enabling them in unrealistic self-assessment, and I feel like popular narrative media often tends to push too hard in the direction of enablement. Despite my utter inability to watch this movie, I appreciate that it doesn't do that, and that instead both Woody's and Buzz's arcs involve accepting themselves and each other for who they really are.

Beau

Fun fact. When Buzz is giving his speech about Woody in the Dutch version they turn it into a fourth wall break. Or when you threw him out of that truck? Potato head says ‘ right that was in that movie’

Drew Sears

Toy Story 4 is one of my favs. I see what Alan was saying, but saying goodbye to brothers or lifelong friends was a great theme to explore. And they explored priorities can change. You give so much of yourself for so long for one thing, sometimes if you have the opportunity to go after something else, you get to decide to take that plunge. And TS3 trash compactor had me in full tears at the theater, and full tears on my phone watching this

Jay Skylar's Stories

Coming back to this in 2026, with the impending release of Toy Story 5! You got your wish Alan ;) (also: Alan is Woody, the snarky and somewhat cynical one, while Jono is Buzz, the dreamer and the "to infinity and beyond" one). I really like Toy Story 4, actually; it's fun, and in its own way parallels the first Toy Story. In that one, being a lost toy is the worst thing that could ever happen to Woody, because he's attached his worth to being Andy's kid. Even by the end of Toy Story 3, his value still comes from belonging to a particular kid. But in Toy Story 4, he's a lost toy again, only this time he realizes it gives him the opportunity to help a lot of children, instead of needing to be valued by just one.