I saw an interesting juxtaposition today in the MSM. Two different reviews of the movie Elemental. The Atlantic says it may be the worst Pixar film since Planes, saying that the motives behind each part of the plot make no sense and lack any emotional connection. But CNN's reviewer says this movie hit him like no other Pixar movie, in a good way.

Both reviewers noticed that the "fire people" are supposed to be a stand in for a "model immigrant" community in the US. The Atlantic writer said, "but I don't know what they are, vaguely Jewish maybe?" while the CNN writer insisted they were definitely Asian and that's why the story connected with him, as an Asian.

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