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SUBVERSN OF SOCIAL ‘TRADN’ AND THE TRANSCENSN OF ADVERSIVE SOCIETAL ELEMENTS ARE KEY PARTS OF THIS EQUATN. THE GO-GIRL BUTT-KICKG HEROICS OF DISNEY’S MULAN AND THE ODD-MAN-OUT SUBTEXTS OF FILMS AS SEEMGLY DIVERSE AS ALADD AND FDG NEMO ARE PRIME EXAMPL OF THIS DISNEY-FIED SOCIAL FLAVORG.BUT AS GOOD-TENTNED AS THEY MAY BE, THE MOST TRATG ASPECT OF THIS NARRATIVE TROPE IS THE SUFFOTG BATHG OF ALLEGORY MANY OF THE CHARACTERS RECEIVE. THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE OF THIS PROBLEMATIC TREND IS DREAMWORKS’ SHARK TALE, WHICH HAS A PROMENT CHARACTER SO METAPHORILLY DRENCHED SUB-MEANG THAT PPOTS WH ACCINTAL EXACTNS WHAT IS WRONG WH THE NTEMPORARY HOLLYWOOD POLIL PRAXIS.ONE OF SHARK TALE’S MA CHARACTERS, LENNY (A SHARK VOICED BY JACK BLACK) IS SO OBVLY MEANT TO BE A DOPPELGANGER FOR A HOMOSEXUAL MAN THAT FIVE-YEAR-OLDS ARE LIKELY PICKG UP ON WELL BEFORE THE SCENE WHICH LENNY HAS A GARISH PERFORMANCE FULL DRAG AS A DOLPH (THE PEACEFUL, SENSIVE CREATUR OF THE FILM’S WORLD).THE CHARACTERIZATN OF LENNY THE NTEXT OF THE FILM IS IMPORTANT HERE. HE HAS A DOMEERG, ALPHA-MALE FATHER (NATURALLY VOICED BY ROBERT DE NIRO), A MORONIC BROTHER WHO BEHAV LIKE A PULSIVE AT BOY AND EATS ANYTHG THAT MOV AND ADDN HE INTIFI HIMSELF AS A VEGETARIAN, A LOVER OF ALL THGS LIVG, AND AS “DIFFERENT OM OTHER SHARKS.” SHARKS THE WORLD OF SHARK TALE ARE THE PATRIARCHAL KEEPERS OF THE SEA, THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHA. LENNY’S REFAL TO KILL AND BE “LIKE OTHER SHARKS” MAK HIM THE ODD FISH OUT. THEY’RE ALSO ITALIAN-AMERIN GANGSTERS, A QUASI-RACIST TOUCH TO A FILM RIFE WH PROBLEMATIC ETHNIC REPRENTATNS (THE FILM’S STEREOTYPIL REPRENTATN OF AIN-AMERIN CULTURE IS ANOTHER TOPIC ENTIRELY).I DON’T SEE THE POT OF LVG TO ‘EVINCE’ OF LENNY’S SEXUALY AS IS IMPLIC THE FILM. ANY REAR WHO DOUBTS THE OBVNS OF THE TEND MEANG OF LENNY’S CHARACTER SHOULD SEE THE FILM IMMEDIATELY. IT’S DOUBTFUL YOU’LL DISAGREE. WHAT SHARK TALE ULTIMATELY REPRENTS, AND WHAT MAK SO EMENTLY AGGRAVATG, IS HOLLYWOOD’S STATIC VIEW OF HOMOSEXUALY AS SOMETHG THAT MT BE HIDN OM THE PUBLIC. IN A POLIL ATMOSPHERE WHICH QUEERS ARE CREASGLY GAG AGENCY AND WNG UNTLS VICTORI THE MARRIAGE BATE, HOLLYWOOD THKS SELF SNEAKY AND SUBVERSIVE BY THROWG A CHARACTER TO A KIDDIE MOVIE THAT ULD BE READ AS (HOLD YOUR BREATH!) GAY. MEMO TO DREAMWORKS: IN 2004, YOUR DIENCE GETS .THE EPER PROBLEM IS THAT HOLLYWOOD N’T PE THE AG-OLD RIGHT-WG DICTUM THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS A PERVERSN. IT’S NOT THAT THE PREDOMANTLY LIBERAL NIZENS OF THE WORLD’S DOMATG FILM DTRY ARE HOMOPHOBIC. THE PROBLEM IS THAT BY HIDG REPRENTATNS OF QUEERS, BE THEM HUMAN OR SHARK, UNR A (PATHETILLY TRANSPARENT) VEIL OF ALLEGORY RERC QUEER-DOM CULTURE AS SOMETHG THAT IS ADULT, PORNOGRAPHIC AND TOO NTROVERSIAL TO ADDRS DIRECTLY. THE QUTN IS, WHY N’T LENNY JT BE GAY? SHARK TALE’S MAKERS ALREADY HAVE HIM DRAG AND TRYG TO CUDDLE WH WILL SMH, SO WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?THE ANSWER IS, NATURALLY, SEX. HOLLYWOOD HAS A LONG, TROUBLOME HISTORY OF REPRENTG HOMOSEXUALY AS AN ALL-ENPASSG INTY. IF YOU’RE A GAY CHARACTER A TELEVISN SHOW OR A MASTREAM FILM, THE ONLY THG YOU’RE ALLOWED TO DISCS ON SCREEN DIRECT RELATN TO YOUR INTY IS THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A PENCHANT FOR NGHTS WH THOSE OF YOUR OWN GENR. IN OTHER WORDS, HOLLYWOOD SAPS QUEERS OF ANY NOTN OF A FLUIDY OF INTY—THEY MT BE GAY EVERY SGLE SEND. EVERY MOTIVATN OR ACTN BY A QUEER CHARACTER MT BE ROOTED EASILY DISCERNIBLE, UALLY STEREOTYPIL ‘GAYNS.’TH, LENNY THE SHARK N ACT JT AS GAY AS JACK “WILL AND GRACE,” BUT REMEMBER—THIS IS A CHILDREN’S FILM. THE FACT THAT JACK LIK MEN IS FE, BUT MEN LIKG MEN IS A CIDLY ADULT NARRATIVE ELEMENT HOLLYWOOD, AND “WILL AND GRACE” IS MARKETED TO ADULTS. IT’S FE THAT ANGELA JOLIE’S FISH SHARK TALE IS EXPLICLY PRENTED AS A GOLD-DIGGG, SEXUALLY CHARGED VIXEN, BUT HOLLYWOOD FEARS THAT THE MERE MENTN OF, SAY, LENNY THE SHARK LIKG BOY SHARKS WOULD SEND PARENTS TO A POPRN-THROWG OUTRAGE.THE KEY PROBLEM IS THE UNRTIMATN OF DIENC. HOLLYWOOD MAY BE LIBERAL, BUT ONLY THE MOST POLILLY RRECT SENSE. IT IS A REACTNARY DTRY, AND BIS A BRIEF STT THE EARLY ’70S (WHICH WAS ENOMILLY MOTIVATED), HAS NEVER BEEN POLILLY PROGRSIVE BEYOND THE MOST AGREEABLE OF . 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I was today-years-old when I realized an unrlyg theme of Shark Tale uld be g out and gay acceptance. Sce Lenny was perceived as gay, many people and gay rights groups were angered about his subplot and how mean-spired and shallow was.

IS THIS SHARK GAY?

The most recent example of this problematic trend is Dreamworks’ Shark Tale, which has a proment character so metaphorilly drenched sub-meang that ppots wh accintal exactns what is wrong wh the ntemporary Hollywood polil of Shark Tale’s ma characters, Lenny (a shark voiced by Jack Black) is so obvly meant to be a doppelganger for a homosexual man that five-year-olds are likely pickg up on well before the scene which Lenny has a garish performance full drag as a dolph (the peaceful, sensive creatur of the film’s world) characterizatn of Lenny the ntext of the film is important here. What Shark Tale ultimately reprents, and what mak so emently aggravatg, is Hollywood’s static view of homosexualy as somethg that mt be hidn om the public. ) gay.

IS THIS SHARK GAY? KIDDIE CARTOONS AND THE CULTURE WARS

Memo to Dreamworks: In 2004, your dience gets eper problem is that Hollywood n’t pe the ag-old right-wg dictum that homosexualy is a perversn. It’s not that the predomantly liberal nizens of the world’s domatg film dtry are homophobic.

The qutn is, why n’t Lenny jt be gay? Hollywood has a long, troublome history of reprentg homosexualy as an all-enpassg inty. If you’re a gay character a televisn show or a mastream film, the only thg you’re allowed to discs on screen direct relatn to your inty is the fact that you have a penchant for nghts wh those of your own genr.

In other words, Hollywood saps queers of any notn of a fluidy of inty—they mt be gay every sgle send. Every motivatn or actn by a queer character mt be rooted easily discernible, ually stereotypil ‘gayns.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* SHARK TALE LENNY GAY

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