How do you overcome jealousy between loved ones? Why do we struggle to accept different perspectives?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright continue reacting to Kung Fu Panda 2 and 3. Check out part 1 if you haven’t seen it. They talk about Ping’s initial jealousy and struggle to accept Po’s panda dad, Li, and why parents often worry about losing their children’s love to other parental figures. Jonathan shares his own experience being a co-dad, which isn’t that different from Ping and Li. They also discuss the different perspectives and roles we play in each of our relationships. And Alan praises the Dreamworks VFX team – they crushed it! Skadoosh!
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Written by: Megan Seawright, Jonathan Decker, and Alan Seawright
Produced by: Jonathan Decker, Megan Seawright, Alan Seawright, Sophie Téllez, and Corinne Demyanovich
Edited by: Trevor Horton
Director of Photography: Bradley Olsen
English Transcription by: Anna Preis
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Hey Cinema Therapy! Thank you for always making these great videos… heres a movie/video suggestion: Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
My parents divorced, and now I have a Bonus Mom and a Bonus Dad! It was most tense for my mom in the beginning, but eventually she saw how kind the other woman was and how she wanted to take care of me ALSO not INSTEAD of her. They are friends now! They take each other out for lunch weekly. One of my friends called her step parent a "Bonus Parent," and now I am so excited to have that to use myself and to pass that sentiment on to anyone who wants to use that word instead of "step," which can sometimes sound unloving.
I loved these King Fu Panda episodes cause the movies are so fantastic. Alan, Jono, can I humbly request that sometime soon you two can make an episode or two about the villains from these movies? Like Villain Therapy for Lord Shen or Kai would be so fascinating! Especially for Shen since he's so self-centered and unquestionably evil I'd love to see how you two would analyze him!
Quick note that Kubler Ross is pretty dated at this point, and there's some more current theories – the Dual Process Model is one I use all the time (hospice social worker here, albeit signed in under my spouse's account); Worden's Tasks of Grieving are also useful. I find Kubler Ross tends to not be as helpful with actual grieving families – or even her original study population of dying people.
I wanna see chicken little from you guys please
MORE JACK BLACK please do School of Rock!!!!
The first take of pronouncing "Pietrzak" was the best one IMO You're doing good, Alan
I had a talk with my stepson (whom I only ever refer to as my son, unless called out because he is mixed and my wife and I are obviously very white) after his little sister was born. he was 5, so I tried to make it make as much sense to him as I could for his age. I said, "yours and my relationship will always be stronger than any of your future siblings. you see what I will have with them is kind of like having a cheat code for one of your games. the love I have for them is easy, they are part of me, I HAVE to love them. but you? I CHOSE you. it wasn't just that you and mommy were a packaged deal. I put WORK in to build yours and my relationship. and because of that time we put in, and the effort that I put in to being your dad, you will always be my favorite." then I added "but that's our secret, don't tell your siblings that." now he is 13 and has a little sister and a little brother. he is as tall as me and has all of the angst that you could imagine, lol. but he still knows he is still my favorite.
Thank you so much for doing this movie!
I honestly would've loved to have Jono as my mom's and I family therapist when we were going through a really rough patch he has such great advice and hearing what he said about perspectives and no one being really "right" was nice to hear
Jono. I looked at my orange juice today and asked if it was supposed to be orange. Happens to the best of us.
Had to catch up on the last two movies before watching this
I have a kid on the way, we're gonna co-parent, I am definitely worried she may feel some of these things because she doesn't like to branch out in life and she's very possessive of our child. But I hope videos like this can help guide us into being the best co-parents possible for our approaching little one. Thank you 🥲
You should do an episode about Steven universe, examining how Greg and the gems coparent steven
These videos are so great for non traditional families. One of the few places I can see the idea that a person's love is not finite and that making space for love and care is not only a possibility but a positive for those in your life. I live an opposite life structurally probably from these good boys but they bring such a healthy and measured approach to taking care of people in our lives.
I know that Jono already analysed Bluey, but I would really like a full Cinema Therapy analysis on Bluey parents. Get Alan's input on it too!
So our Dragon Warrior full name is Po Lotus Panda. That a cool name not gonna lie 😀
Well.
Junno is a panda.
When Ping comforts Li and tells him about the ups and downs of being a parent, that's when I really lose it. Ping's empathy for hurt Li is stronger than his jealousy, so he decides to share what being Po's dad is like. Such an utterly beautiful moment and it's an animated goose and panda delivering it.
As a Polish viewer I was delighted to hear Alan struggling and failing miserably with pronunciation of a Polish surname 💜 None of those were close, but all of them were just hilarious, never change guys 🖤
I remember watching this movie with my ex boyfriend. We're polyamorous. And when the goose says: having you in Po's life doesn't mean less for me, it means more for Po.
I remember we looked at each other and smiled. It was such a beautiful moment because it's the basic thought that you get when you're overcoming jealously. It was such a tender moment, it's so true.
Geese are amazing parents in real life too. They’ll adopt other goslings and animals, and protect babies that are not their own.
The King Fu Panda films are so beautiful. The quality of the dialogue is beyond what anyone would expect from a children’s animated film. So glad you guys covered them. Thank you ❤
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"You can love a lot more than you think you can." This is such a beautiful statement.
With the theme of this video being about 2 dads, it’s kinda funny reading the last subtitle: “Internet dads” 😊.
You make a comment about the pandas all being "dumb" in the movie. Real pandas aren't the sharpest tack in the box, so I always enjoyed that they were true to real pandas.
Also, you made a comment about how the pandas aren't smart, but they are wise. Well, intelligence and wisdom are two separate stats, and it seems that pandas get a negative racial bonus to intelligence and a positive racial bonus to wisdom.
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