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The controversy over Disney’s new Christian character, briefly explained

Pixar’s Win or Lose and Disney’s shifting stance on diversity.

That might not be head-turning in isolation, but it comes just months after nixing a transgender character’s storyline from the same show, and amid a cultural wave of pushbacks to diversification, both for Disney and the country at large. The film featured Disney’s first Black princess (Anika Noni Rose, who was reprising her role) — but the Mouse said this decision was about moving away from long-form streaming content rather than pulling back from shows with diverse casts. The first episode shows a kid, Laurie, praying out loud to “Heavenly Father” as she waits for her turn to bat — but then she goes home and greets her tarot-reading, crystal-wearing mom.

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