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WHY PARANORMAN FEATURED THE FIRST GAY CHARACTER AN ANIMATED FILM

The right-wg said this animated story of a bullied kid, a pack of zombi, and an ancient curse was part of the secret gay agenda. So we asked the movie's creators what they have to say for themselv. * gay jock from paranorman *

As the DVD, Blu-Ray, and Ultravlet versns of ParaNorman today h stor and puters (and iPhon, if you get pocketBLU), we talked wh animatn's hottt dream team -- gay wrer/director Chris Butler and his (not gay) -creator, director Sam Fell -- abouttheir smash animated film.

'PARANORMAN’S' MCH: THE FIRST FAY-FRIENDLY GAY ANIMATED CHARACTER

Do a wir variety of narrativ and protagonists mean unabashedly gay animated characters are beg embraced by the majory of mastream U.S. dienc? * gay jock from paranorman *

They also touch on The Breakfast Club, stop-motn animatn, and their so-lled gay agenda.

And all of that means there are spoilers for those of you who haven't seen the story of a bullied kid, a pack of zombi, an ancient curse, and a gay Advote: I believe that ParaNorman is the first mastream animated film wh a ma character who is gay.

You look to your left there's the next set beg pated and you look to your right, there's a bunch of wigs beg veloped for a new character, so you're pletely immersed There's somethg liberatg as a director to actually pot at an object you're talkg about, rather than jt potg the fger at a Butler (left) and Sam FellI saw some of the small mols when I was at the premiere which was endlsly fascatg Mch, the gay character.

LAIKA’S ‘PARANORMAN’ PRENTS FIRST OPENLY GAY ANIMATED CHARACTER

Laika's 'ParaNorman' Prents First Openly Gay Animated Character * gay jock from paranorman *

I noticed a lot of parent blogs wrote somethg like, "Great film about tolerance, too bad had a gay character at the end. I thk that one of the nservative punds had a piece soon after the film me out that said was only a matter of time before the gay muny targeted children wh films like ParaNorman.

‘PARANORMAN’ MA HISTORY WH ANIMATN’S FIRST-EVER OPENLY GAY HIMBO 10 YEARS AGO TODAY

Well before Disney began toutg "exclively gay moments," Laika did what no other stud had done before: It troduced the first openly gay character a mastream animated feature. * gay jock from paranorman *

I thk they were tryg to say that you, Chris, beg gay, meant that this is part of your so-lled gay [Lghs] My sid agenda gettg out Sam, you also did Flhed Away, which is also this sort of ntemporary type of film which you didn't have to be a kid, or have a kid, to enjoy .

MCH DOWNE FROM "PARANORMAN" IS AWOME GAY REPRENTATN

Gay reprentatn is out there, but to portray a character who's gay as a big, happy bte is a rare treat. * gay jock from paranorman *

In 2012, ParaNorman featured the first out gay character an Amerin, fay-targeted, animated theatril release.

'PARANORMAN' FEATUR GAY JOCK, AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE

Foc Featur' film 'Paranorman' reportedly featur a gay jock, and some people don't like . Mch shows his unrwear over his pants, wears a tight T-shirt and has a 20" waist, 24" biceps and... * gay jock from paranorman *

This has lead to an crease of gay-tged humor and ambiguo characters.

'PARANORMAN' SLIPS FIRST GAY ANIMATED CHARACTER

You knew was only a matter of time before the gay muny, which has succsfully tegrated gay characters to every possible form of entertament | * gay jock from paranorman *

The fact that an unabashedly gay character like Mch ma on the big screen speaks to a shift Amerin culture that is reflected s animatn.

PARANORMAN'S GAY JOCK

In South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, the characters Satan and Saddam Hse are gay lovers; and Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, the character Frylock clar himself a transsexual lbian trapped a man's body, and the end cred scene shows Frylock as a woman. This clus a greater potential for gay-tged humor or gay-d characters.

Gay-tged humor tends to be a short punch le or reference that has a gay-readg, but don’t affect the world or fe the sexualy of any of the characters. Gay-tged humor n also e the form of farcil homoerotic suatns between characters that are tablished as straight.

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'ParaNorman' Slips First Gay Animated Character .

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