On Pixar’s short film “Bao”, the Asian immigrant experience, and the cultural barriers that linger within multi-generational families. Originally published as the opening piece in Generasian Magazine (December 2018). — Eggplant-shaped characters fill the pages of Domee Shi’s concept art. Their eyes are soft and their smiles gentle; their expressions alternating between dreamy and comical. Ink blotches fill in the shadows beneath them and strokes of watercolor shade their skin, creating a sense of transience, as if the color might…