Incredibles 2may be the main course this summer, but audiences will absolutely adore the appetizer.
I just wanted to create this magical, modern-day fairy tale, kind of like a ChineseGingerbread Manstory.
The word bao actually means two things in Chinese: Said one way, it means steamed bun.
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Said another, it means something precious.
(What is puberty for a dumpling?
The answer: sesame seeds.)
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It felt like a really universally appealing story that a lot of people could identify with, says Shi.
We [basically] recreated those shots with her hands and used them as the reference for animation.
Its also whats on the inside that counts.
We learned theres a very fine line between looking delicious and appetizing and looking wrong or gross.
Making our food look delicious was a big triumph.
One could argue that perhaps the filmmakers even did their jobtoowell.
