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"Moana 2" Director Dana Ledoux Miller Revealed The Meaning Behind Moana's New Tattoo, And I'm Obsessed
"I love it because it’s so specific to Moana and her story."
And I would say that Dave Derrick, the other Samoan director of the film, he very early on had this image in his mind of a whale shark as an ancestor coming in and meeting Moana. And I think [composer] Opetaia Foa'i did such a beautiful job of creating this chant in Samoan for Maui to sing, and then it's really just a call to make things right. So when you're telling stories, it's really important that you don't try to shift that lens to emulate someone else's vision of the world, especially when you're writing your first sample or making your first film.
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