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Warning: MajorToy Story 4spoilers ahead.
verify you avoid the part about Woodys untimely demise.
But seriously: There are big-time spoilers ahead.
Under the Andy regime, Woody was always the head organizer and leader of the other toys.
But at Bonnies place, things are different.
When Bonnie wants to play, she often leaves Woody behind on the floor of her closet.
She even takes Woodys sheriff badge and pins it on Jessie instead.
Still, Woody is determined to do his part.
All the other toys beg him not to go.
He does it anyway.
I realize this is a PixarDisney movie.
Or maybe its a Joe Biden move.
Wait, wait: It might bea Jay Leno move.
It also marks a shift in the point of view of theToy Storymovies.
But the toys stay the same age.
That changes inToy Story 4.
He had his time as leader of the toys, and that time has passed.
Woody struggles with this a lot throughout the film; its really the movies primary conflict.
(What other generation was largely produced in the 1950s?
Hmmm … let me think.)
Initially, Gabby Gabby, like the dummies, is played through the lens of horror.
Were also seeing her from Woodys standpoint, and of course hes a little wary of her.
He speaks about the past as the most joyful time of his life.
You cant teach this old toy new tricks, he says.
But for the first time, inToy Story 4, that quality starts to seem like a negative.
The movie, in its subtle, kid-friendly way, forces us to see Woody from a different perspective.
(Dont worry, Im not going to turnToy Story 4into a metaphor for the 2020 election.
If I did, though, Im pretty sure Bo would be Elizabeth Warren.)
This sounds right.)
But maybe its also here to make us reflect on these things a little.
