Things came to a head on “Sunny” July 31 with an actual bear attack. How do you ward off a bear? For AI home assistant Sunny (voiced by Joana Sotomura), bartender Mixxy (annie the clumsy), and Suzie (Rashida Jones), it’s a matter of going big more than making themselves big.
And how do you go big? For Sunny and for “Sunny,” it boils down to Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You.”
The trio finds themselves cornered by a very angry bear during a misbegotten escape to the countryside — turns out there are some things as scary as the yakuza — at which point Mixxy and Suzie begin to scream-sing the classic 1974 song to frighten away the bear. It works (though that says more about the performance than the tune), and they’re saved. But getting the rights to this particular track is always a fraught experience.
For instance, Parton...
And how do you go big? For Sunny and for “Sunny,” it boils down to Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You.”
The trio finds themselves cornered by a very angry bear during a misbegotten escape to the countryside — turns out there are some things as scary as the yakuza — at which point Mixxy and Suzie begin to scream-sing the classic 1974 song to frighten away the bear. It works (though that says more about the performance than the tune), and they’re saved. But getting the rights to this particular track is always a fraught experience.
For instance, Parton...
- 7/31/2024
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
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