Wish should be a grand celebration of 100 years of the Walt Disney Company. Founded by Walt Disney, it all started with a mouse, and Walt firmly established himself as the father of feature animation, starting with the release of Snow White in 1937. So you’d think that in 2023 Wish would be the pinnacle of Walt’s legacy…you’d think.
The story of Wish takes us to the kingdom of Rosas. Long ago, Rosas was on the verge of destruction. It has been protected by the efforts of King Magnifico (Chris Pine) and his study of the magical arts. Vowing never to allow harm to come to the kingdom ever again, Rosas citizens offer their “wish” in tribute. These ethereal magical spheres contain their heart’s true desires, which they then forget.
The collected wishes help King Magnifico maintain his magic and strength. By offering their wish, the citizens, in turn, receive the King’s protection and the promise they will never remember the dream they gave up. Up to this point he has honored that promise.
“The collected wishes help King Magnifico maintain his magic and strength.”
Hoping to become the King’s apprentice, the young maiden Asha (Ariana DeBose) arrives at the castle for a job interview with him. Upon Queen Amaya’s (Angelique Cabral) recommendation, King Magnifico takes a liking to Asha. He lets her into the wish room (chamber, hall, I can’t remember), where all the wishes are kept.
Believing that wishes would be given to everyone during the annual wish ceremony, Asha finds out that not everyone (including her grandfather) would get their wish. Being the young activist that she is, Asha challenges the King, who in turn immediately disqualifies her as his apprentice. After uncovering the King’s conspiracy, Asha runs off into the forest and makes a wish upon a star. Like magic, a star descends from heaven and becomes Asha’s guardian angel, if you will. The star is magical, bringing life and sentience to the flora and fauna of the forest (i.e., talking animals) including Asha’s beloved goat, Valentino (Alan Tudyk).
With the help of Star, Valentino, and her friends, Asha plans to expose King Magnifico and return everyone’s wish. Little do they know that King Magnifico plans to use Asha’s star to become the supreme dark wizard of the kingdom.
"…meant to be a milestone for 100 years of the Walt Disney Company, Wish is a monumental failure."
Saw Wish with my kids and we all enjoyed it. I didn’t recall the lead character calling herself an activist. She found out that the king was stealing people’s dreams, preventing them from achieving what they wanted to do. If Asha had been a straight, white male instead of brown woman with braids, I doubt that you would have the same issues. You’d see him as hero.
Also didn’t notice that there were people with different body shapes, etc. But, I also wouldn’t have cared because that’s how real people are in the real world and would expect to see that in a fantasy kids film for 2024’s USA or a global marketplace.
During a Q&A with the writers, directors, and cast, they all agreed that Asha was written as an activist.
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Alan, why did you have a problem with the main character being gay in It’s a Wonderful Knife? Why does there have to be a reason for a gay character to exist in a movie, whereas the same doesn’t apply to straight characters? Why the DOUBLE STANDARDS? If the main character was straight, you wouldn’t have a problem with it.
I didn’t see Knife. I have no opinion about this film in particular. Pesonally I could care less. I think my issue is if you’re going to go out of your way to point out the character is gay and then do nothing with it down the road, why point it out at all. Characters don’t need to be declaring with sexual orientation for no reason other than virtue signaling.
By the way, check out my Bottoms review.
This is ridiculous. Some people are gay, bi, straight, whatever. A film doesn’t have to do anything with it. You clearly have a problem with gay people if you think mention that a character is gay equates to virtual signaling. If a character notes that she’s French or likes the Chicago Bears, is that virtue signaling or noting an element of that person?
It”s always fascinating to watch bigoted people in action who give themselves away by using “virtue signaling” when it’s clear that they don’t like things they object to LGBT+ people, feminism, etc.
Again, I didn’t see It’s a Wonderful Knife, so I have no comment about gay characters. There were also no gay characters in Wish, so I’m not sure where this is all coming from.