The word wryly has appeared in 80 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Nov. 24 in “Disney Rejected Her a Few Times. The ‘Wish’ Director Just Kept Trying” by Ashley Spencer:
She grew up in a small seaside town in Thailand’s Chonburi Province, where she said her only exposure to animation as a career came in the form of the local artists who hand-painted posters to announce new movie releases in the town square.
At home, she and her younger siblings would watch the 1941 Disney animated film “Dumbo” on repeat. The movie’s fantastical nature and its message of persevering against the odds resonated with her as a young girl.
Also, she said wryly, “Maybe that was the only VHS we had.”
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