The New Sr Is Not Gay — And That’s Okay

Contents:

• I MISS DISNEY’S QUEER-COD VILLAS—BUT THE NEXT GENERATN WON’TQUEER-DG MAY HAVE BEEN WRONG, BUT THE RULT WAS A ROSTER FULL OF SCENE-STEALG CHARACTERS THAT YOUNG VIEWERS ULD TERPRET AS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY SAMANTHA ALLENJULY 17, 2019/2:44 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1080PX;WIDTH:1920PX;}DISNEYBY SAMANTHA ALLENJULY 17, 2019 / 2:44 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"I MISS DISNEY’S QUEER-COD VILLAS—BUT THE NEXT GENERATN WON’T","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-07-17T18:44:54.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-07-17T18:44:54.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAMANTHA ALLEN","KEYWORDS":"OPN","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GROWG UP, MY FAVORE SONG ALADD WAS THE “PRCE ALI” REPRISE WHICH A LICLY MPY JAFAR REVEALS ALADD’S TE INTY TO PRCS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SO ALI TURNS OUT TO BE MERELY ALADD,” I WOULD SG, MIMICKG JAFAR’S EFFETE DRAWL AS BT I ULD. “JT A N. / NEED I GO ON? / TAKE OM ME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S NO SECRET THAT JAFAR IS ONE OF THE MANY CLASSIC ANIMATED DISNEY VILLAS WHO N BE READ AS QUEER-D, MEANG THAT WRERS AND ANIMATORS ED CERTA LGBTQ SIGNIFIERS TO MAKE THEM SEEM MORE MENACG OR ABNORMAL. THK ABOUT SR’S LIMP WRIST THE LN KG OR THE BOWS GOVERNOR RATCLIFFE’S HAIR POHONTAS OR, WELL, EVERYTHG ABOUT THE LTLE MERMAID’S URSULA, WHO WAS LERALLY MOLED AFTER THE DRAG QUEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A ‘90S CHILD WHO GREW UP ON DISNEY FILMS, I FELY GOT THE MSAGE THAT WAS SOMEHOW EVIL TO VIATE OM GENR NORMS OR HARBOR ANYTHG OTHER THAN A MOST ROMANTIC TERT THE OPPOSE SEX. THE VILLAS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BAD, RIGHT? BUT LIKE MANY KIDS WHO LATER ME OUT AS MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ MUNY, I ULDN’T HELP BUT LOVE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JAFAR WAS POLISHED, SOPHISTITED, AND BGLY FUNNY. I MEAN, JAFAR BASILLY READS ALADD THAT REPRISE: “HIS PERSONALY FLAWS / GIVE ME AQUATE E / TO SEND HIM PACKG ON A ONE-WAY TRIP / SO HIS PROSPECTS TAKE A TERMAL DIP / HIS ASSETS OZEN / THE VENUE CHOSEN IS THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, WHOOPEE! / SO LONG, EX-PRCE ALI!”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO IMAGE THE WEIRD MIX OF EMOTNS I FELT WHEN THE LIVE-ACTN VERSN OF ALADD NOT ONLY OMTED THE “PRCE ALI” REPRISE BUT TURNED JAFAR TO A NVENTNALLY HOT AND ANKLY BLAND VILLA. VOX’S AJA ROMANO SCRIBED MARIAN KENZARI’S JAFAR PERFECTLY: “QUIET, STRAIGHTFORWARD, AND ALMOST AFFECTLS.” ON ONE HAND, I FOUND ENURAGG THAT DISNEY WAS NO LONGER G HTS OF HOMOSEXUALY TO PAT JAFAR AS EVIL. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, HOT JAFAR WAS NO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JUDGG OM REVIEWS OF DISNEY’S NEW LIVE-ACTN VERSN OF THE LN KG, A SIAR FATE MAY BEFALL SR, THE ULTIMATE GREEN-EYED GAY UNCLE. IN HIS WHERG REVIEW OF THE MOVIE, INDIEWIRE’S DAVID EHRLICH WR, “SR ED TO BE A SHAKPEAREAN VILLA BRIMMG WH TTY RAGE AND CLOSETED TRATN; NOW, HE’S JT A LN WHO SOUNDS LIKE CHIWETEL EJFOR.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE LI THE PROBLEM: THE QUEER-D CHARACTERISTICS THAT MA DISNEY ANTAGONISTS SEEM MORE VILLAO WERE OFTEN THE SAME THGS THAT MA THEM TERTG. TAKE AWAY SR’S SMIRK, SARSM, AND ARCHED EYEBROWS, AND WHAT ARE YOU LEFT WH? A MEAN LN, I GUS. SUBTRACT JAFAR’S EYELER, CHARM, AND EXAGGERATED AFFECT, AND APPARENTLY, ALL THAT REMAS IS A MOL WHO WANTS TO BE AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DISNEY’S OLD HAB OF QUEER-DG VILLAS MAY HAVE BEEN WRONG AND EVEN HURTFUL, BUT THE RULT WAS A ROSTER FULL OF LIGHTFULLY ENTERTAG, OFTEN SCENE-STEALG CHARACTERS THAT YOUNG VIEWERS ULD TERPRET AS LGBTQ. IT WASN’T PERFECT REPRENTATN, NO, BUT WAS REPRENTATN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M FAR OM THE ONLY LGBTQ ADULT WHO HAS PLITED FEELGS ABOUT THE MAKEOVERS BEG FORCED UPON SOME OF THE MOST REGNIZABLE QUEER-D CHARACTERS FILM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MATTHEW, A BISEXUAL GENR NONNFORMG MAN, TELLS NEWNOWNEXT THAT HE LOVED SR’S “BONAIR” WAY OF SPEAKG AND “WOULD ALWAYS IMATE ” AS A CHILD. THE NEW SR, AS MATTHEW POTS OUT, SEEMS MUCH LS “DRAMATIC”—AND ALTHOUGH MATTHEW ADMS THAT MIGHT HELP HIM SEEM MORE “BELIEVABLE” THE NTEXT OF THE REMAKE’S REALISM, HE’S STILL “NOT VERY HAPPY” ABOUT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INED, TALKG TO OTHER LGBTQ PEOPLE WHO GREW UP WATCHG THE MOVI, I HAVE FOUND THAT WE ARE PABLE OF CRICIZG DISNEY FOR QUEER-DG S VILLAS WHOUT SURRENRG OUR STRANGE SENSE OF OWNERSHIP OVER THEM. THAT POSN MAY SEEM PARADOXIL, BUT ’S ALSO UNRSTANDABLE: CHILDHOOD ATTACHMENTS ARE STRONG ON—AND LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE HISTORILLY SKILLED AT RECLAIMG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THK THAT THE CHARACTERS WERE QUEER-D ORR TO TELL THE DIENCE THEY WERE EVIL OR SEXUALLY VIANT,” SHN BICKLEY, A QUEER NON-BARY DISNEY FAN, TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “AS THE EXISTENCE OF LGBTQ PEOPLE HAS BEE TRENDY, MOST OF MY IENDS ARE UNWILLG TO GIVE THE VILLAS BACK. THEY’RE OURS NOW.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, NOW THAT THERE ARE MORE OVERT LGBTQ CHARACTERS ONSCREEN—AND EVEN ONE OR TWO DISNEY FILMS— SOME FANS THK ’S TIME TO MOVE PAST THE TROPE OF THE GAY VILLA, EVEN IF MEANS LETTG GO OF HOW IMPORTANT THE CHARACTERS ONCE WERE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I’M 35 NOW, SO AS A CHILD, QUEER REPRENTATN JT DID NOT EXIST [AND] FDG SOMEONE POWERFUL THAT I ULD RELATE TO EXCED ME,” RONNIE STT, A CISGENR GAY MAN, TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “BUT NOW THAT THERE IS ACTUAL REPRENTATN, I DON’T THK WE NEED TO SEE THE NOT-TRADNALLY-MASCULE MAN GETTG FEATED THE END.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ELI, A NONBARY PERSON WHO THEY/THEM PRONOUNS, AGRE, TELLG NEWNOWNEXT THAT ’S “NECSARY AND GOOD” FOR DISNEY TO WALK BACK THE QUEER-DG, EVEN IF THEY FD “PERSONALLY, A SOMEWHAT BTERSWEET CHANGG OF THE GUARDS AS THE CHARACTERS THAT HELPED ME UNRSTAND MYSELF MOVE TO THE BACK.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INED, ’S HARD TO PICTURE DISNEY LIVERG A LIVE-ACTN JAFAR 2019 WHO BEHAV THE SAME WAY THAT ANIMATED JAFAR DID 1992 WHOUT SPARKG SOME NTROVERSY. IF DISNEY KEPT QUEER-DG S VILLAS THE NEW LIVE-ACTN MOVI, THE PANY WOULD ALMOST CERTALY BE CRICIZED PRECISELY THE SAME WAY THAT THEIR PAST ANIMATED FILMS HAVE FACED NEW SCTY AS DIENC BEME MORE FAIAR WH LGBTQ ISSU. BUT IF DISNEY NTU TO ROLL BACK THE QUEER-DG, THE PANY RISKS BEG ACCED OF ERASG THE IMPLIED QUEERNS OF CERTA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A WAY, DISNEY IS DAMNED IF DO AND DAMNED IF DON’T—AND THE INIC ANIMATED VILLAS ARE UGHT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT’S PART OF THE PROBLEM WH TARGETG THE REMAK AT BOTH YOUNGER VIEWERS WHO MAY BE EXPERIENCG THE STORI FOR THE FIRST TIME AND AT OLR VIEWERS WHO WERE RAISED ON THE ORIGALS: THE RISG GENERATN DON’T NEED TO RECEIVE THE THLY VEILED MSAGE THAT QUEERNS IS EVIL, BUT THOSE OF LOOKG FOR A NOSTALGIA TRIP N’T HELP BUT MISS GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IF YOU TRY TO REALLY GAY [THE VILLA] UP, YOU ULD BE FACG ACCATNS OF TOKENISM OR STEREOTYPE,” JAM MARN, A CISGENR BISEXUAL MAN, TELLS NEWNOWNEXT OF DISNEY’S PREDIMENT. “IF YOU ST WH NO REGARD TO THAT HISTORY, YOU HAVE THIS SUATN WHERE FEELS LIKE AN TENTNAL OMISSN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ULTIMATELY, THE TE TT OF HOW DISNEY WILL HANDLE S QUEER-D VILLAS IS YET TO E: THE FORTHG LIVE-ACTN VERSN OF THE LTLE MERMAID WILL NEED S URSULA—AND THE SHADOW OF DRAG LEGEND DIVE WILL LOOM LARGE OVER THAT STG CHOICE. REPORTS THAT MELISSA MCCARTHY IS CLOSE TO CLOSG A AL FOR THE ROLE HAVE SENT SOME DIEHARD LGBTQ URSULA FANS TO A B OF A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IF URSULA IS PLAYED BY MELISSA MCCARTHY, I’LL LOSE MY MD,” MARN JOK. “AS SOMEONE WHO, LIKE, PETED DRAG SHOWS AS URSULA AND SANG HER PERFECT ANTHEM, I WILL BE PERSONALLY VASTATED IF URSULA ISN’T QUEER AS HELL.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GENEVIEVE PODLKI, A BISEXUAL LIBRARIAN AND URSULA VOTEE, TELLS NEWNOWNEXT THAT “ WOULD BE ASTONISHG IF [DISNEY] MANAGED TO PTURE THE SAME MENACG SENSUALY AND SEXUALY THAT RTOON URSULA HAD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF URSULA WORE SHO ON HER OCTOP-LIKE TENTACL, THEY WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO FILL. PERHAPS, THEN, WOULD BE BT NOT TO EXPECT DISNEY TO FILL THEM. NOTHG, APPARENTLY, N STOP THE PANY OM REMAKG EVERY FILM S TALOGUE, BUT I MIGHT START THKG ABOUT THE LIVE-ACTN VILLAS AS NEW CHARACTERS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ORIGAL JAFAR WILL LIVE ON ALL HIS PLEX GLORY—AND WH ALL HIS PROBLEMS—ON THE VHS PY OF ALADD MY FAY’S ATTIC, WHERE I N FD HIM ANYTIME I NEED A SGALONG. AND YEARS OM NOW, IF ANY KID WHO GREW UP ON THE LIVE-ACTN VERSN ASKS ME IF THAT MAGNIFICENT, SHOULR-PAD-WEARG RTOON CHARACTER IS SUPPOSED TO BE JAFAR, I’LL HAVE A LE OM THE “PRCE ALI” REPRISE AT THE READY: “Y, IS HE / BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW HIM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

I MISS DISNEY’S QUEER-COD VILLAS—BUT THE NEXT GENERATN WON’TQUEER-DG MAY HAVE BEEN WRONG, BUT THE RULT WAS A ROSTER FULL OF SCENE-STEALG CHARACTERS THAT YOUNG VIEWERS ULD TERPRET AS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY SAMANTHA ALLENJULY 17, 2019/2:44 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1080PX;WIDTH:1920PX;}DISNEYBY SAMANTHA ALLENJULY 17, 2019 / 2:44 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"I MISS DISNEY’S QUEER-COD VILLAS—BUT THE NEXT GENERATN WON’T","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-07-17T18:44:54.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-07-17T18:44:54.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAMANTHA ALLEN","KEYWORDS":"OPN","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GROWG UP, MY FAVORE SONG ALADD WAS THE “PRCE ALI” REPRISE WHICH A LICLY MPY JAFAR REVEALS ALADD’S TE INTY TO PRCS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SO ALI TURNS OUT TO BE MERELY ALADD,” I WOULD SG, MIMICKG JAFAR’S EFFETE DRAWL AS BT I ULD. “JT A N. / NEED I GO ON? / TAKE OM ME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S NO SECRET THAT JAFAR IS ONE OF THE MANY CLASSIC ANIMATED DISNEY VILLAS WHO N BE READ AS QUEER-D, MEANG THAT WRERS AND ANIMATORS ED CERTA LGBTQ SIGNIFIERS TO MAKE THEM SEEM MORE MENACG OR ABNORMAL. THK ABOUT SR’S LIMP WRIST THE LN KG OR THE BOWS GOVERNOR RATCLIFFE’S HAIR POHONTAS OR, WELL, EVERYTHG ABOUT THE LTLE MERMAID’S URSULA, WHO WAS LERALLY MOLED AFTER THE DRAG QUEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A ‘90S CHILD WHO GREW UP ON DISNEY FILMS, I FELY GOT THE MSAGE THAT WAS SOMEHOW EVIL TO VIATE OM GENR NORMS OR HARBOR ANYTHG OTHER THAN A MOST ROMANTIC TERT THE OPPOSE SEX. THE VILLAS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BAD, RIGHT? BUT LIKE MANY KIDS WHO LATER ME OUT AS MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ MUNY, I ULDN’T HELP BUT LOVE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JAFAR WAS POLISHED, SOPHISTITED, AND BGLY FUNNY. I MEAN, JAFAR BASILLY READS ALADD THAT REPRISE: “HIS PERSONALY FLAWS / GIVE ME AQUATE E / TO SEND HIM PACKG ON A ONE-WAY TRIP / SO HIS PROSPECTS TAKE A TERMAL DIP / HIS ASSETS OZEN / THE VENUE CHOSEN IS THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, WHOOPEE! / SO LONG, EX-PRCE ALI!”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO IMAGE THE WEIRD MIX OF EMOTNS I FELT WHEN THE LIVE-ACTN VERSN OF ALADD NOT ONLY OMTED THE “PRCE ALI” REPRISE BUT TURNED JAFAR TO A NVENTNALLY HOT AND ANKLY BLAND VILLA. VOX’S AJA ROMANO SCRIBED MARIAN KENZARI’S JAFAR PERFECTLY: “QUIET, STRAIGHTFORWARD, AND ALMOST AFFECTLS.” ON ONE HAND, I FOUND ENURAGG THAT DISNEY WAS NO LONGER G HTS OF HOMOSEXUALY TO PAT JAFAR AS EVIL. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, HOT JAFAR WAS NO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JUDGG OM REVIEWS OF DISNEY’S NEW LIVE-ACTN VERSN OF THE LN KG, A SIAR FATE MAY BEFALL SR, THE ULTIMATE GREEN-EYED GAY UNCLE. IN HIS WHERG REVIEW OF THE MOVIE, INDIEWIRE’S DAVID EHRLICH WR, “SR ED TO BE A SHAKPEAREAN VILLA BRIMMG WH TTY RAGE AND CLOSETED TRATN; NOW, HE’S JT A LN WHO SOUNDS LIKE CHIWETEL EJFOR.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE LI THE PROBLEM: THE QUEER-D CHARACTERISTICS THAT MA DISNEY ANTAGONISTS SEEM MORE VILLAO WERE OFTEN THE SAME THGS THAT MA THEM TERTG. TAKE AWAY SR’S SMIRK, SARSM, AND ARCHED EYEBROWS, AND WHAT ARE YOU LEFT WH? A MEAN LN, I GUS. SUBTRACT JAFAR’S EYELER, CHARM, AND EXAGGERATED AFFECT, AND APPARENTLY, ALL THAT REMAS IS A MOL WHO WANTS TO BE AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DISNEY’S OLD HAB OF QUEER-DG VILLAS MAY HAVE BEEN WRONG AND EVEN HURTFUL, BUT THE RULT WAS A ROSTER FULL OF LIGHTFULLY ENTERTAG, OFTEN SCENE-STEALG CHARACTERS THAT YOUNG VIEWERS ULD TERPRET AS LGBTQ. IT WASN’T PERFECT REPRENTATN, NO, BUT WAS REPRENTATN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M FAR OM THE ONLY LGBTQ ADULT WHO HAS PLITED FEELGS ABOUT THE MAKEOVERS BEG FORCED UPON SOME OF THE MOST REGNIZABLE QUEER-D CHARACTERS FILM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MATTHEW, A BISEXUAL GENR NONNFORMG MAN, TELLS NEWNOWNEXT THAT HE LOVED SR’S “BONAIR” WAY OF SPEAKG AND “WOULD ALWAYS IMATE ” AS A CHILD. THE NEW SR, AS MATTHEW POTS OUT, SEEMS MUCH LS “DRAMATIC”—AND ALTHOUGH MATTHEW ADMS THAT MIGHT HELP HIM SEEM MORE “BELIEVABLE” THE NTEXT OF THE REMAKE’S REALISM, HE’S STILL “NOT VERY HAPPY” ABOUT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INED, TALKG TO OTHER LGBTQ PEOPLE WHO GREW UP WATCHG THE MOVI, I HAVE FOUND THAT WE ARE PABLE OF CRICIZG DISNEY FOR QUEER-DG S VILLAS WHOUT SURRENRG OUR STRANGE SENSE OF OWNERSHIP OVER THEM. THAT POSN MAY SEEM PARADOXIL, BUT ’S ALSO UNRSTANDABLE: CHILDHOOD ATTACHMENTS ARE STRONG ON—AND LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE HISTORILLY SKILLED AT RECLAIMG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THK THAT THE CHARACTERS WERE QUEER-D ORR TO TELL THE DIENCE THEY WERE EVIL OR SEXUALLY VIANT,” SHN BICKLEY, A QUEER NON-BARY DISNEY FAN, TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “AS THE EXISTENCE OF LGBTQ PEOPLE HAS BEE TRENDY, MOST OF MY IENDS ARE UNWILLG TO GIVE THE VILLAS BACK. THEY’RE OURS NOW.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, NOW THAT THERE ARE MORE OVERT LGBTQ CHARACTERS ONSCREEN—AND EVEN ONE OR TWO DISNEY FILMS— SOME FANS THK ’S TIME TO MOVE PAST THE TROPE OF THE GAY VILLA, EVEN IF MEANS LETTG GO OF HOW IMPORTANT THE CHARACTERS ONCE WERE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I’M 35 NOW, SO AS A CHILD, QUEER REPRENTATN JT DID NOT EXIST [AND] FDG SOMEONE POWERFUL THAT I ULD RELATE TO EXCED ME,” RONNIE STT, A CISGENR GAY MAN, TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “BUT NOW THAT THERE IS ACTUAL REPRENTATN, I DON’T THK WE NEED TO SEE THE NOT-TRADNALLY-MASCULE MAN GETTG FEATED THE END.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ELI, A NONBARY PERSON WHO THEY/THEM PRONOUNS, AGRE, TELLG NEWNOWNEXT THAT ’S “NECSARY AND GOOD” FOR DISNEY TO WALK BACK THE QUEER-DG, EVEN IF THEY FD “PERSONALLY, A SOMEWHAT BTERSWEET CHANGG OF THE GUARDS AS THE CHARACTERS THAT HELPED ME UNRSTAND MYSELF MOVE TO THE BACK.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INED, ’S HARD TO PICTURE DISNEY LIVERG A LIVE-ACTN JAFAR 2019 WHO BEHAV THE SAME WAY THAT ANIMATED JAFAR DID 1992 WHOUT SPARKG SOME NTROVERSY. IF DISNEY KEPT QUEER-DG S VILLAS THE NEW LIVE-ACTN MOVI, THE PANY WOULD ALMOST CERTALY BE CRICIZED PRECISELY THE SAME WAY THAT THEIR PAST ANIMATED FILMS HAVE FACED NEW SCTY AS DIENC BEME MORE FAIAR WH LGBTQ ISSU. BUT IF DISNEY NTU TO ROLL BACK THE QUEER-DG, THE PANY RISKS BEG ACCED OF ERASG THE IMPLIED QUEERNS OF CERTA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A WAY, DISNEY IS DAMNED IF DO AND DAMNED IF DON’T—AND THE INIC ANIMATED VILLAS ARE UGHT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT’S PART OF THE PROBLEM WH TARGETG THE REMAK AT BOTH YOUNGER VIEWERS WHO MAY BE EXPERIENCG THE STORI FOR THE FIRST TIME AND AT OLR VIEWERS WHO WERE RAISED ON THE ORIGALS: THE RISG GENERATN DON’T NEED TO RECEIVE THE THLY VEILED MSAGE THAT QUEERNS IS EVIL, BUT THOSE OF LOOKG FOR A NOSTALGIA TRIP N’T HELP BUT MISS GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IF YOU TRY TO REALLY GAY [THE VILLA] UP, YOU ULD BE FACG ACCATNS OF TOKENISM OR STEREOTYPE,” JAM MARN, A CISGENR BISEXUAL MAN, TELLS NEWNOWNEXT OF DISNEY’S PREDIMENT. “IF YOU ST WH NO REGARD TO THAT HISTORY, YOU HAVE THIS SUATN WHERE FEELS LIKE AN TENTNAL OMISSN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ULTIMATELY, THE TE TT OF HOW DISNEY WILL HANDLE S QUEER-D VILLAS IS YET TO E: THE FORTHG LIVE-ACTN VERSN OF THE LTLE MERMAID WILL NEED S URSULA—AND THE SHADOW OF DRAG LEGEND DIVE WILL LOOM LARGE OVER THAT STG CHOICE. REPORTS THAT MELISSA MCCARTHY IS CLOSE TO CLOSG A AL FOR THE ROLE HAVE SENT SOME DIEHARD LGBTQ URSULA FANS TO A B OF A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IF URSULA IS PLAYED BY MELISSA MCCARTHY, I’LL LOSE MY MD,” MARN JOK. “AS SOMEONE WHO, LIKE, PETED DRAG SHOWS AS URSULA AND SANG HER PERFECT ANTHEM, I WILL BE PERSONALLY VASTATED IF URSULA ISN’T QUEER AS HELL.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GENEVIEVE PODLKI, A BISEXUAL LIBRARIAN AND URSULA VOTEE, TELLS NEWNOWNEXT THAT “ WOULD BE ASTONISHG IF [DISNEY] MANAGED TO PTURE THE SAME MENACG SENSUALY AND SEXUALY THAT RTOON URSULA HAD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF URSULA WORE SHO ON HER OCTOP-LIKE TENTACL, THEY WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO FILL. PERHAPS, THEN, WOULD BE BT NOT TO EXPECT DISNEY TO FILL THEM. NOTHG, APPARENTLY, N STOP THE PANY OM REMAKG EVERY FILM S TALOGUE, BUT I MIGHT START THKG ABOUT THE LIVE-ACTN VILLAS AS NEW CHARACTERS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ORIGAL JAFAR WILL LIVE ON ALL HIS PLEX GLORY—AND WH ALL HIS PROBLEMS—ON THE VHS PY OF ALADD MY FAY’S ATTIC, WHERE I N FD HIM ANYTIME I NEED A SGALONG. AND YEARS OM NOW, IF ANY KID WHO GREW UP ON THE LIVE-ACTN VERSN ASKS ME IF THAT MAGNIFICENT, SHOULR-PAD-WEARG RTOON CHARACTER IS SUPPOSED TO BE JAFAR, I’LL HAVE A LE OM THE “PRCE ALI” REPRISE AT THE READY: “Y, IS HE / BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW HIM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Disney has felt the heat as of late as fans ll on the pany to publicly nmn Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, which jt passed through the state senate.

KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

As of today, Pixar animators are speakg out agast the pany, sharg an open letter that rporate offic "have mand the removal of 'nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn … regardls of when there is prott om both the creative teams and executive learship at Pixar, '" acrdg to The ntroversy led some fans to pot out that LGBTQ+ folks have always been a part of Disney's succs.

\u201cAndreas Deja (who is gay) animated nearly every disney villa durg the Disney Renaissance. 1646685855Queer-dg villas was an easy way for 1900s animatn to signate a character as different, ually saddlg them wh a bunch of cliché, homosexual stereotyp that the dience digts and associat as evil, playg off of history's real-life stigma agast LGBTQ+ folks.

" Thankfully, gays aren't jt the villas anymore as we have a growg amount of posive reprentatn animatn the days.

The Gays(tm) are mad that Sr, voiced by Chiwetel Ejfor, isn't as gay as they remembered om the animated 1994 mil. "The biggt misstep of the new Ln Kg for me was the hetero-fitn of gay in Sr, " said one social media er.

"My only cricism is I wish Sr livered one le like the origal and he was more gay thx! Historilly, the ma way LGBTQ+ people have found ourselv reprented film and televisn was through characters that were d as queer, though their sexual and genr inti had no signifint prence, bee homophobia.

In the origal animated versn, the character, voiced by Jeremy Irons, fell le wh the then-expected d-as-gay villay that me to fe untls Disney properti. And if you jt listen to the origal versn of "Be Prepared, " Sr's voice is basilly remiscent of an entiled and disgntled (whe) gay man who mand his right to marry while ignorg the plight of LGBTQ+ folks of lor.

Unrstandably, however, 's not absurd that those of who grew up on the origal Ln Kg would want to mata much of what we remember of the origal, cludg Sr's latent homosexualy.