Dr. Michele Wright, My Water Buddy and Family, Inc. Founder and Creator, joins podcast host Andrew Toy on his “Life Through the Big Screen Podcast” (Episode 24 • Season 4) to discuss the topic: Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out: Emotions and Water.
Andrew Toy’s Show Notes:
Crying helps me slow down and obsess over the weight of life’s problems. And boy does this movie make me cry! I was watching this on my phone in the doctor’s waiting room and I was biting my tongue go hard trying not to spill tears.
When this movie came out in 2015, my daughter was about 18 months old, too I’ve resonated with this movie from the beginning. I was also a big fan of Pixar Animation Studios back then, as they were still consistently churning out solid emotional hits as good as Toy Story and Ratatouille.
Re-watching this movie now, seven years later, it was probably even harder to watch as my kids have collected their own core memories and developed their own behaviors and personalities. I can tell you which emotion rules their inner headquarters – just as I can tell you which one rules mine and my wife’s.
Some movies are timeless, some are flawless, but this one is the only one I can think of that I consider to be pure ingenious. Not only is it one of the most emotional movies I’ve seen, but it’s the smartest. Psychologists love this movie, as it puts words and images to something so hard to explain to anyone young or old – our emotions.
If you haven’t seen this movie, go fix that this very minute. Prepare yourself for one of the most unique film experiences of your life. And make sure you’re alone, unless you don’t mind crying in public.
Inside Out stars the voice talents of Amy Pohler, Phyllis Smith, Mindy Kaling, Bill Hader, and Lewis Black. It was written by Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen, and Meg LeFauve. It was directed by Pete Docter and co-directed by Ronnie Del Carmen. On Rotten Tomatoes, Inside Out has an impressive critics’ score of 89% and an audience score of 89%, which I consider to be strangely low.
With me today, I have with me Doctor Michele Wright, who was the USA Today Woman of the Year for Arkansas, winner of the Global Leadership Award for Nations of Women Change Makers in 2021, amongst many other accolades and accomplishments. If I were to list them all, we’d be here all day, so Michele, please introduce yourself to our listeners by telling everyone a little about yourself, what you do for work, and for fun.
