{"id":47118,"date":"2023-07-06T05:13:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T05:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=47118"},"modified":"2023-07-05T08:32:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T08:32:13","slug":"pixar-series-win-or-lose-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/pixar-series-win-or-lose-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversation with Team Behind New Pixar Series ‘Win or Lose’ | Carrie Hobson, Michael Yates, David Lally"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first full episode screening of Pixar\u2019s Win or Lose<\/strong> was one of the most delightful surprises of 2023\u2019s Annecy festival. Packaged in with the studio\u2019s screening of their big summer blockbuster,\u00a0 Win or Lose felt like something of an undercard to Elemental<\/a>. That tempered expectation may have been what allowed the episode to entrap the audience the way it did.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Win or Lose<\/strong> is Pixar\u2019s first original series and takes advantage of that format to take each episode from a different character\u2019s perspective as the show builds up towards a middle school baseball game. In comparison to recent Pixar outings, Win or Lose is incredibly grounded with fantastical elements and magical realism taking something of a back seat. <\/span><\/p>\n

Those elements exist in this show, but instead of being literal magical elements that exist as part of the world-building, tinges of magical realism are used to express how different characters view the world. For example, the episode screened at Annecy featured Vanessa, the mother of one of the players on the baseball team. Social media is a huge part of her life, so we see her followers literally carry her through the day in the form of a hoard of sentient ‘like’ buttons. This method of stylisation allows each episode to equip a different visual style.<\/span><\/p>\n

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