- Network: Disney+
- Series Premiere Date: Feb 19, 2025
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While it is appreciated, it is interesting that adult themes are willingly injected into a show for kids who have yet to experience things such as feeling lonely after ending a relationship. And yet experiences that do impact kids, like gender identity and sexuality, are stripped away because it is supposedly difficult for them to engage with.
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Win or Lose’s lack of trans representation merely puts it on a par with virtually every other show on TV, and might ordinarily have passed by unnoticed. But it’s another reason why it feels like a swing and a miss.
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Win Or Lose is a middle-of-the-road affair, a decent-enough way to pass the time with America's greatest pastime. It's not a triumphant success for Pixar, but it's not a complete disaster either
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The Mickey Mouse-shaped softball field the series operates in holds it back in a way that fails creators Carrie Hobson and Michael Yates’ original vision. .... “Coach’s Kid” is the most “Inside Out”-esque of the bunch, heartwarming but oddly familiar. The other episodes take strong liberties that feel refreshing even for Pixar. .... Though Kai’s episode “I Got It” wasn’t screened for me, her appearances in the episodes portrayed her as straight and cisgender. It felt like a one-two punch after the sheer cowardice of “Captain America: Brave New World.”
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The series mostly flounders because of the very nature of its structure. By telling its story from multiple perspectives and then forcing viewers to piece together the overall narrative, it’s hard to deeply care about any of the characters.
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It’s too parochially American for a European audience, littered with cries of, “You got this!”, “Way to go!” and “Great job!” It also feels derivative. On top of the stylistic spoofs, it’s a little bit Mighty Ducks and a lot Inside Out.