Pixar’s Soul centers on two souls whose lives have yet to begin. For 22 (voiced by Tina Fey), the condition is literal: She’s been kicking around for ages in the Great Before (not to be confused with the Great Beyond, aka the afterlife), where souls are formed before they’re born on Earth.
For Joe Gardner (voiced by Jamie Foxx), it’s more a state of mind. He’s a middle-school band teacher who’s always dreamt of being a jazz musician, and feels stuck in a rut as he waits for his “real life” to begin. It’s a feeling that’ll be familiar to so many of us down here on Earth, and maybe especially now that the pandemic has derailed our plans: Maybe this is the missing piece I need to feel contentment, maybe that is what will finally give my life purpose, maybe that other thing is what I was meant to be doing all along. Read more…
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