>>96500475>could Disney ever make a film like this?No, because
- Disney doesn't want to make their protagonists flawed. Kiki is kind of wrong on several points and doesn't really resolve many of them by the ending of the movie; we're left with the impression that she will begin growing up and thus such flaws will be improved by her off-screen. By contrast, Disney protagonists tend to be mostly idealistic, and any flaws they do have are overcome as a part of the movie plot.
- Disney tends to tie any negative things happening to the protagonist either to the main villain, or to create some dramatic suspense at the right time. Kiki gets sick just because she's working too hard, and needs to recover from it. But with a Disney protagonist, that illness would either come at a key time when the protagonist needs to be out doing something else, or will have been caused by the antagonist to intentionally cause them problems.
- Disney tends to be highly focused on the conflict in their movies, to the point where everything is either background for the characters, setting up the conflict, or resolving it. Spending nearly an hour where a character flies around town just to show her getting to know people and taking on more responsibilities isn't Disney's style.
- Disney tends to handle things in a highly black-and-white view of right and wrong. There is typically the protagonist, who is right with nearly everything they do, and typically an antagonist, who is wrong with nearly everything they do. Kiki, by contrast, is more about her taking responsibilities and going through puberty and having confidence in her abilities. Those tend to be subjects that Disney shies away from, or only uses as a method of setting up the main drama. Disney doesn't make films that are only about, say, a young girl adjusting to living on her own and nothing else.
- Disney wouldn't show off a young protagonist's bloomers as much as Kiki did.
