Riley's Song: A Reflection on Inside Out

So full confession here, my friends and I joked for a long time that Inside Out should actually be called "Lilly Holman: The Movie." This was before the movie even came out. If you watched the conclusion to Manic Pix(ar) Dream Girl! series you know that I have strong feelings regarding the Up montage and the artists behind it. When I first heard that they were tackling the "Untitled Pixar Film that Goes Inside the Mind" I was over the moon. Then I heard they cast Leslie Knope as Joy and were making imagination a film studio. I seriously wondered if they somehow had invaded my own mind or if this was at least some sort of Truman Show like scenario. What this says about my ego aside, here are my thoughts on the reality of the film, which lived up to my expectations. Let's just say to have achieved that was near impossible.