faith

I skimmed over a youtube review of 'brave little toaster' the other night with a gen z fellow talking about the themes in the movie and what it "was about". It was nice seeing that the movie's been touching successive generations beyond the group that was a young kid in the late 80's and early 90's, but one part of his review bugged me, where he was nitpicking the 'sentimentality' of old appliances and comparing it to toy story in a limited way of what the the emotional core of the movie was about.

no, no no. you did a decent job, but no -

- that movie is about faith.

faith, and then love and hope to a lesser degree; maybe it's the ex-fundie in me. cherishing old beloved appliances is a singular visual "theme" and a huge part of the plot but it's not what it's about. it's not the emotional linchpin that describes why toaster and gang decides to go on their mission to find their beloved master, and it's not the beating heart that keeps them (and us) going after doubt and misery and harm and what increasingly looks like a futile mission to find their master in the vast expanse of the world.



talking about faith as a positive trait is not considered "sexy" in these times; and as an ex-fundie, I do get it.

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