The Leader of the Team— Thoughts and Reflections about Pixar’s Inside Out
This is the second article of the series, you can find the first one here:
DISCLAIMER Everything you’re going to read is either contextually provided with the source of information or just my brain juice. In any case, remember that this analysis is just my interpretation and opinion.
Even if it’s difficult to spoil a movie from 10 years ago, it’s not impossible: if you didn’t watch the movie, you HAVE to! It’s a Pixar masterpiece. Moreover, the article ahead is full of spoilers.
The Leader of the Team
Rileys is the girl whose mind is the movie set. Among the emotions, Joy leads the others in Riley’s mind. The other emotions often turn to her for guidance.
This may have more than one reason to be, but right now let’s stick to the fact that being a kid, living a normal life and having loving parents is enough to be happy.
When the focus is set on Mom’s mind, Sadness appears to be the leader, as Anger is the leader in Dad’s mind. They sit in the centre, behind the console, and the others follow their orders.
This leads to the following analysis: Riley’s mother moved from Minnesota against her true desires, making her mostly sad and led by Sadness, while Dad is living a stressful moment due to the new job, being mostly nervous and led by Anger.
Only a question remains: is the leader temporary?
When the stress is over, will Dad’s Anger leave the leading role to another feeling? Unfortunately in the Inside Out Universe, it seems not. If you watch the funny short movie about Riley’s first date, you’ll see Mom’s Sadness and Dad’s Anger still leading after the things in the family have become visibly quieter and more relaxed.
Well, I hoped for the opposite and a part of me still thinks that a person’s driving emotion can change over time!
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