“Queer Eye” star Tan France plays a gay dad the Netflix animated show “Prcs Power,” based on TODAY -anchor Savannah Guthrie’s btsellg book.
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- TAN FRANCE LOV PLAYG A GAY DAD THE NEW ANIMATED SERI ‘PRCS POWER’
- WATCH: ‘PRCS POWER’ PRODUCERS DREW BARRYMORE AND SAVANNAH GUTHRIE ON GAY DADS, GIRL POWER AND HELPG KIDS LOVE WHO THEY ARE
- KIDS' NETFLIX CARTOON 'SHE-RA' INTRODUC GAY CHARACTERS
TAN FRANCE LOV PLAYG A GAY DAD THE NEW ANIMATED SERI ‘PRCS POWER’
”“So much of my life was spent tryg to figure out if there was somethg pletely wrong wh me, ” he ’s one of the reasons France jumped at the chance to voice a gay dad the new Netflix animated show “Prcs Power.
(DreamWorks / Netflix) I’d bee so ed to beg let down the past that I’d unknowgly ternalized some of the homophobic arguments that have been ma for years about what is or isn’t “appropriate, ” pecially for kids.
Strangers on the ter still thk ’s funny to make homophobic ’s this TV show that lets all kids, and specifilly queer kids, see that beg hont about their feelgs n make them a hero is as excg as is important. And then, of urse, there are the gay dads. Wh recent rhetoric om anti-queer nservativ aimed at LGBTQ+ kids, om “Don’t Say Gay” laws to a troublg movement to ban queer-centric books om Amerin librari, the show — even if is jt a kids show about prcs — nveys a strong, necsary msage to those who need to hear .
WATCH: ‘PRCS POWER’ PRODUCERS DREW BARRYMORE AND SAVANNAH GUTHRIE ON GAY DADS, GIRL POWER AND HELPG KIDS LOVE WHO THEY ARE
Still, Stevenson, herself a gay woman, wanted young viewers to be able to see a queer relatnship that wasn’t jt cintal, but central to the plot of the entire seri. We’ve got a bunch of people who, jt off Season One, are really, really exced about the gay reprentatn this show.
It should be noted, however, that Bea’s adoptive parents are two gay men who make a few central appearanc throughout a handful of episos. Upon first glance, the show is somethg most parents would be fortable wh their kids watchg as long as they uld handle the fantasy vlence, but s send season the TV-Y7 rated seri starts to really ph the gay agenda—whout actually tellg you is. As Decir put , "If She-Ra Season 1 featured characters who uld be read as queer, Season 2 is blissfully, almost unapologetilly gay.
By now, we’re (unfortunately) ed to most of the prime time adult shows havg the requise gay character and, more recently, even the gay child g out has bee popular on h shows, but seems like Hollywood isn’t ntent to stop there.