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Contents:

• JOSH GAD: ‘I DON’T THK WE DID JTICE TO WHAT A GAY CHARACTER A DISNEY FILM SHOULD BE’
• IS FROZEN 2 THE FIRST DISNEY MOVIE WH AN OPENLY GAY LEAD?
• SO, HOW GAY IS DISNEY’S FROZEN?

JOSH GAD: ‘I DON’T THK WE DID JTICE TO WHAT A GAY CHARACTER A DISNEY FILM SHOULD BE’

As LeFou, Gaston’s smarmy stooge 2017’s Bety and the Beast, the actor, edian and voice of Frozen’s Olaf was part of Disney’s first “exclively gay moment” – the grandse words of director Bill Condon.

It turned out to be a two-send dance wh another man, which was neher exclive ( was a crowd scene) nor particularly gay (the two men uld easily have been iends). ’ My regret what happened is that beme ‘Disney’s first explicly gay moment’ and was never tend to be that. It was never tend to be a moment that we should ld ourselv for, bee ankly, I don’t thk we did jtice to what a real gay character a Disney film should be.

movie wh an openly gay won't reveal anythg about the plot of the animated sequel, which opens the US and UK on Friday and Atralia Nov. Disney's first official gay character appeared the 2017 live-actn remake of Bety and the Beast, which LeFou (Josh Gad) has a csh on Gaston (Le Evans) and danc wh another man. Disney AnimatnMeanwhile, Jack Whehall is set to play the first major Disney character to be explicly gay the upg Jungle Cise, which opens July 2020.

IS FROZEN 2 THE FIRST DISNEY MOVIE WH AN OPENLY GAY LEAD?

For now, though, I want to addrs somethg I noted passg my review: the qutn of gay-culture them Frozen.

SO, HOW GAY IS DISNEY’S FROZEN?

All of this seems to me a) clearly if subtly exprsive of a pro-gay culture at Disney, and b) not that big a al, asmuch as the them are subtle and ambiguo enough not pose eher a signifint annoyance to even savvy parents or a rptg fluence on children.