Bird revealed his plan to address the creativity crisis: “Give us the black sheep. I want artists who are frustrated. I want the ones who have another way of doing things that nobody’s listening to. Give us all the guys who are probably headed out the door.” Translation: Give me your “unfiltered” artists. I know they’re crazy. That’s exactly what I need. Bird’s new “Dirty Dozen” of animation didn’t just make a film differently. They changed the way the entire studio worked: We gave the black sheep a chance to prove their theories, and we changed the way a number of things are done here. For
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