My apologies; I don't understand your comment. The dog's name is Dante; he's a xoloitzcuintli, which is an actual breed; it's Nahuatl for "Xolotl's dog", and Xolotl is the God of the Underworld where much of "Coco" takes place -- how is this not a reference? If Pixar had made Dante a Chihuahua, or some breed without any Mexican connection at all, it would be taken as another example of Disney's cluelessness.
And I still want to know how much of "Coco" is due to Disney, and how much to Pixar; or if there is any difference today. The insensitivity of the "Disney lawyers" and "Disney's marketing department" is notorious, but does Pixar have any say about the marketing of its films? Or are they all "DisneyPixar" mixed together now?
My apologies; I don't understand your comment. The dog's name is Dante; he's a xoloitzcuintli, which is an actual breed; it's Nahuatl for "Xolotl's dog", and Xolotl is the God of the Underworld where much of "Coco" takes place -- how is this not a reference? If Pixar had made Dante a Chihuahua, or some breed without any Mexican connection at all, it would be taken as another example of Disney's cluelessness.
And I still want to know how much of "Coco" is due to Disney, and how much to Pixar; or if there is any difference today. The insensitivity of the "Disney lawyers" and "Disney's marketing department" is notorious, but does Pixar have any say about the marketing of its films? Or are they all "DisneyPixar" mixed together now?
Fred Patten