ToyStory4 is sending a message to baby boomers, writes chaneyj
Woody and co., pondering the purpose of their existence. Either that or they’re trying to figure out how to rescue a spork. Photo: Disney/Pixar Warning: Major Toy Story 4 spoilers ahead. Make sure you avoid the part about Woody’s untimely demise. Just kidding! But seriously: There are big-time spoilers ahead.
Still, Woody is determined to do his part. So when it’s time for kindergarten orientation, he sneaks into Bonnie’s backpack, insistent that he must go with her because she’ll need a friend in this unfamiliar environment, even though Bonnie has made it clear that if she needed a friend, she probably wouldn’t choose Woody. All the other toys beg him not to go. He does it anyway.
There’s a slight shift in the story arc from Toy Story 3 when Woody finally accepts that, with Andy going off to college, his purpose is now to make a new child happy. But in general, those first three movies adhere to a modified version of that famous Matthew McConaughey line from Dazed and Confused: The kids get older. But the toys stay the same age.
Initially, Gabby Gabby, like the dummies, is played through the lens of horror. We’ve all seen enough dolls come to life in scary movies to immediately think of the blinking baby doll in that mode. We’re also seeing her from Woody’s standpoint, and of course he’s a little wary of her. She wants to surgically remove from him the thing he’s metaphorically afraid that he’s already losing: his voice and his sense of toy identity.
I’m not going to take a ridiculous think-piece leap and say that Woody is the equivalent of a Trump voter. For starters, he has the voice of Tom Hanks and I would never, ever degrade the name of Mr. Thomas Jeffrey Hanks in that manner.
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