Post by Amdillae on Jan 21, 2023 11:45:44 GMT
There's another lead that I discovered. I talked to someone on the Turning Red subreddit who had bought some merch from the film, which included a book titled, "The Real R.P.G." (a possible reference to one of the film's early titles, Notorious R.P.G.). What's notable about this is that apparently the book included the protest scene, I asked the person what happened in the scene and when it happened but have not gotten a response. I'm considering finding a copy for myself unless anyone else happens to have one.
Apart from the opening there are also 2 other scenes in the book that aren't in the film. One is with Mei and her dad going out for doughnuts after the failed 4*Town concert pitch to Ming. The other one is after Tyler's party, it is a big family dinner out with all of the aunts and grandma. This dinner also has the extended family trying to arrange tutors to improve Meilin's poor Cantonese and Mandarain skills and are all shocked by her concern about her lack of time for extra study with her environmental activism.