‘The Emoji Movie’ has a lovely, timely message. It’s not evil. Ignore the meanies.

Those among us who are different — who constitutionally cannot conform to mainstream expectations no matter the pressure — are not a burden, but beautiful gifts who enrich our lives and move us all toward the light.

It’s a truth as old as evolution itself, and a parabolic plot twist expressed in art since time immemorial, perhaps never with more clarity than in the 1964 TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, burnished beautifully by Inside Out. And we need these reminders, because this truth — no matter how universally accepted — is in constant combat with our world.

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