swope

I saw the Gorillaz animated music video today on YouTube, and at about a minute in, Mowgli character crosses a dragon and transforms into Noodle.

I feel like there's some #Transgender symbolism going over my head.

Can anyone explain it to me?

Or am I doing a pareidolia?

https://youtu.be/ucRulNQsuYQ

Gorillaz - The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God

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Mar 1 at 2:41amWeb
Show thread airy Mar 1
@swope gorillaz expert & professional transgender here. correct me if i read your post wrong, but im pretty sure the kid in the beginning is supposed to just straight up Be young noodle pre-puberty, & is only visually reminiscent of mowgli. i wouldnt object to a trans reading of that though lol
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@airy - that seems reasonable. I thought maybe falling in the water was a sort of rebirth - like Noodle was Mowgli in a past life. And, I wondered if the dragon was an allusion to something I didn't recognize. The dragon seems oddly specific looking. Oh well, animators can just be original without everything being a reference.