Purl | Pixar SparkShorts

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Published 2019-02-04
Purl, directed by Kristen Lester and produced by Gillian Libbert-Duncan, features an earnest ball of yarn named Purl who gets a job in a fast-paced, high energy, bro-tastic start-up. Yarny hijinks ensue as she tries to fit in, but how far is she willing to go to get the acceptance she yearns for, and in the end, is it worth it?

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All Comments (21)
  • “I know this suit is expensive baby, but in my apartment, it’s 100% off!” HOL UP
  • @letivarys9607
    I love this. It's realistic. You can't force people to accept you but you can make an effort to fit in first and slowly introduce them to the real you. It's not that the guys are evil, it's just that she is unfamiliar and people tend to stay away from unfamiliar things, so she made herself into something they are comfortable with and slowly convince them to try something new. She first earned their respect and from then on it's easier
  • This is how I felt in a company I worked. I was purl, I never changed who I was, but people started to respect me. I was a top worker and some of them didn't like me because of that. Suddenly more people entered the company and I was the path, to make things smooth for them. I don't regret it.
  • @suffer.719
    Pixar: Inserts cuss word Everyone: This is beyond illegal
  • I've watched this so many times and I only just now realized that, during the scenes where Purl is trying to fit in, when she's telling the joke at 4:42, not only is she telling a joke that "seems like one a man would make," but it's not even her own self saying the joke in the story, she's talking about a man who told it
  • @ethanthebaumert
    Is it just me? Or does purl look like she’s running at a lower frame rate than anyone else?
  • @foxdraws8200
    Pixar: swears once Entire world: Wait that’s illegal
  • Pixar: *Swears* Everyone else: Now that’s an avengers level threat
  • @mizzwitty1042
    Did one recognize the matching graphics of the "problem"-charts? The whole short is so great in little details. The threat is exzellent and entertaining. Love every bit - yarntastic ❤😂❤
  • @ludvig3242
    Genuinely thoughtful message. It’s not portraying conformity as necessarily a bad thing, more like an adaption to your environment. Also while being able to slowly change that environment with your own actions.
  • @ztslovebird
    I like that Purl kind moves like stop-motion while everyone else is Pixar CG.
  • @ratzzi7301
    I was surprised about the swear, but then realized a PG movie or short can have at least one word like that in it And that porcupine joke was great
  • @shotsofhari
    And today I realized this short film is in my degree syllabus...
  • @MustafaAnimates
    You can tell they poured their souls into this! This is really great!
  • @enacrt
    In knitting, there are two kinds of stitches: the knit stitch and the purl stitch, and they look distinct. When Purl redesigns herself, she uses the knit stitch, not the stitch she's named after. If that's not a powerful metaphor, I don't know what else is.
  • @Eresse
    That animation made me reminding how I was when I was a boy. The moment when I go to a new place, but it's so hard to communicate with such new people, that's a thing that is hard for me to do. That's also why I felt hurt when people hurt me and leaving me alone. Now that animation helped me to try to communicate with new people every time I go to a new place, and not being even scared about what would happen next... Love the animation though 💙