1.0Text Messageshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/textmessagesPatton Doddhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/textmessages/author/pdoddPixar's "Up" is totally cheating - Text Messagesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="O85hxNk75M"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/textmessages/2008/11/pixars-up-is-totally-cheating.html">Pixar’s “Up” is totally cheating</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/textmessages/2008/11/pixars-up-is-totally-cheating.html/embed#?secret=O85hxNk75M" width="600" height="338" title="“Pixar’s “Up” is totally cheating” — Text Messages" data-secret="O85hxNk75M" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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This looks to be another in a series of Pixar directors moving further away from pure pop and closer to pop art (though Brad Bird kinda skipped over the pure pop stage entirely). But does it bother anyone else that they totally cheated their way to the reveal? Â