‘Toy Story 5’ taps into white-collar fears of obsolescence in the age of AI

Before Disneyfication, fairy tales were terrifying, designed to teach kids about dangerous aspects of the world. Pixar may be taking a page out of the Brothers Grimm’s book. From the beginning, its Toy Story franchise has been about fear of replacement, with the original 1995 movie centered around the friction between cowboy toy Woody and newly arrived space-ranger toy Buzz Lightyear. That the movie itself was a leap forward for digital animation mirrored the on-screen story. Toy Sto...