Critique #1: The University of Minnesota Women's Center blog praises Big Hero 6's diverse cast

Article link: Big Hero 6: Disney finally does representation right.

The representation and diversity that’s presented in Big Hero 6 is one of the reasons why it’s one of my favorite movies of all time and this article explains my exact thoughts incredibly accurately. When we go outside, we see people of all different shapes, sizes, and colors--it’s unrealistic and honestly quite bothersome for everyone to look the same. That’s something that Big Hero 6 definitely does right.

Personally, I just find it so cool how they were able to fit so much diversity into one six-person superhero group… well, five people and one robot. We’ve got a biracial protagonist who is Asian-American, as well as his teammates who are Black, Hispanic, Asian, and the token White guy. And while it’s already impressive to have such a diverse cast, it gets even better when you realize that the voice actors are equally as diverse. Far too often we get POC characters that are played by a bunch of White people behind the scenes so it’s nice when the voice actors actually match the races and ethnicities of their characters.

This article also praises Big Hero 6’s strong female characters and this is something I have to agree on. Not only was Gogo Tomago probably part of my bi awakening but I also find it so incredibly relieving to have female superhero characters who are powerful, absolute geniuses, and aren’t sexualized in any way. Their supersuits are reasonably realistic and not super slutty, they’re not characterized as weaker or more fragile than the male characters, and there aren’t any unnecessary romantic subplots forced upon either of them. And thank goodness for that, I am a firm believer that unnecessary romantic subplots ruin entire movies.