During a visit to Disney Animation Studios earlier this year, ComicBook.com heard from directors Rich Moore and Phil Johnston about their plans to take on such difficult subject matter.
“It’s a tricky balance, as you know,” Moore noted. “And, to some extent, the three of us were emboldened by the work on Zootopia, knowing that audiences are okay, and actually eager, for a more sophisticated approach in family films to tricky subject matter, like in Zootopia it was racism and this one we’re dealing, to an extent, with online bullying and trolling, as you saw in that sequence. But more on an emotional level with Ralph, just self-doubt and insecurity and all those things that I think both parents and kids can relate to.”
How ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Is Tackling Online Trolls
