Nolte: Disney's Big, Gay ‘Lightyear’ Is the Latt Woke Box Office Flop

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• NOLTE: DISNEY’S BIG, GAY ‘LIGHTYEAR’ IS THE LATT WOKE BOX OFFICE FLOP
• 'LIGHTYEAR' STAR CHRIS EVANS LLS CRICS OF DISNEY PIXAR'S GAY KISSG SCENE ‘IDTS’
• LIGHTYEAR STGGL AT BOX OFFICE AS CRICS ATTACK GAY KISS SCENE

NOLTE: DISNEY’S BIG, GAY ‘LIGHTYEAR’ IS THE LATT WOKE BOX OFFICE FLOP

Me unr fire for s ial silence regardg a Florida bill rtrictg classroom discsn of sexual orientatn and genr inty — dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” by crics. Durg the tumult, Pixar employe lled out Disney executiv for cuttg “nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn” om the animatn stud’s films.

: It was ially cut om the film, then rtored after ternal uproar when was revealed Disney had donated $200, 000 to Republin policians who supported Florida's “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which forbids discsns of sexual orientatn elementary school Evans' Buzz is more fantastic than plastic Pixar's spiffy 'Lightyear'“What this film do is handle love and those stori the way that they should be, that they are not the totaly of a person, ” Aduba tells USA TODAY.

'LIGHTYEAR' STAR CHRIS EVANS LLS CRICS OF DISNEY PIXAR'S GAY KISSG SCENE ‘IDTS’

':Chris Evans on 'Lightyear, ' playg bad guys and beg 'a romantic person'In March, the kiss was rtored after Pixar animators spoke out agast Disney  an open letter obtaed by Variety, sayg executiv had mand cuts "om nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn. Playg a character like Alisha a high-profile movie the wake of “Don’t Say Gay” and other siar legislatn “means everythg, ” Aduba adds. Homosexualy is nsired crimal many Middle Eastern untri.

But she said filmmakers would not make chang to the has rejected other on-screen pictns of homosexualy the past. Ron DeSantis, spurred by Disney’s pledge March to help repeal what crics lled the “don’t say gay” bill, which bans schools om discsg sexual orientatn and genr inty gras K-3.

The Florida clash followed reports that the kissg scene was cut but then add back after phback om “LGBTQIA+ employe of Pixar & their alli, ” who acced Disney a letter of removg scen of “gay affectn. “Nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn is cut at Disney’s beht, ” read the March 9 letter posted by Popular Informatn’s Judd Legum. Director Ang MacLane said that makg the Space Ranger Commanr Alisha Hawthorne character gay was important for “reprentatn, ” and that the public display of affectn showed that she and her wife, Kiko, were a “lovg, lastg relatnship.

LIGHTYEAR STGGL AT BOX OFFICE AS CRICS ATTACK GAY KISS SCENE

The same-sex marriage is a small part of the story and no one should be bothered by the existence of gay people, even a kids’ movie, but the shockg unrperformance mt have Disney wonrg whether people stayed away bee they thought (even if mistakenly) that “Lightyear” was a msage movie. Disney’s cisn to spend a uple of mut of screen time remdg that ’s a gay-iendly pany may well have st lns ticket sal for what was supposed to be s annual Pixar mega-blockbter. Disney has to nsir the ia that there might be many Pixar fans who have no problem wh gay marriage who neverthels would prefer the matter be left out of kids’ movi.

“Lightyear” is not the first time Disney has wad to the culture wars; March, the pany opposed Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law promoted by Gov.

From LeFou’s unrwhelmg gay moment the 2017 Bety and the Beast remake to Disney employe revealg an open letter that many queer characters and storyl were cut om films, the stud is regularly disappotg s LGBTQ+ viewers. This has led dienc to believe that Ethan will be openly gay.