Win or Lose - Not For Kids!

Pixar's new Win or Lose series uses colorful animation to tell dark and heavy storylines filled with twisted humor.  This is not a show you want your kids watching.

This week Disney+ put up the first 2 episodes for Pixar's Win or Lose series.  Each episode tells one character's personal story over the course of the week leading up to their championship softball game... and wow it's dark.

The first episode follows the coach's daughter as she deals with extreme anxiety, which is represented by a massive heavy blob that weighs her down and verbalizes anxious thoughts.  At the end of the episode her dad gives her a pep talk, and with a determined look on her face she states that she knows what she must do.  The viewer gets excited as she's and finally going to overcome the bad in her life.  The pitcher throws the ball, which is exaggerated to be the size of a boulder... and she happily dives into it in an sacrifical way.  Then the screen cuts to black and the credits roll.  It sure seems like Pixar is telling kids with anxiety that suicide is the answer!

The second episode is equally dark and follows the umpire through depression brought on by a recent breakup and hate received from parents.  He navigates a dating app and eventully finds someone who is interested in him, but he breaks it off when he learns his ex wants to talk.  Excitedly he runs to meet her and mend the relationship... but then he overhears her saying she got engaged.  The camera cuts to him crying and then the credits roll.

Based on these two episodes, this appears to be a very dark and twisted show.  It feels awful to watch as the character slowly decends deeper into darkness, then when there's finally a ray of hope at the end the episode turns extremely dark and rolls the credits.

This is NOT a child appropriate show; it seems to have been made for adults.  Episode two spends a lot of time focused on romance novels and a dating app, which aren't children's topics.  There's also a lot of necessary reading in both episodes that is not on the screen long enough for a kid to read, especially in the second episode.

And if that wasn't enough darkness in a children's show, the janitor is flagrantly gay and shows up several times to encourage the umpire in his relationships.  This is not surprising considering the show originally had an episode about a transgender character named Kai (a male pretending to be a female) on the team.  Even though Kai no longer has his own episode, he's still the star player on the team and has a speaking role in both episodes 1 and 2.

Win or Lose is just another show attempting to corrupt children.  It has 6 more episodes about 6 more characters that Disney+ will release over the next coming weeks, and there's no hint that there will be anything but darkness in them.  Pay attention to what your kids watch on tv; Disney and Pixar can't be trusted to make appropriate content.