Do a wir variety of narrativ and protagonists mean unabashedly gay animated characters are beg embraced by the majory of mastream U.S. dienc?
Contents:
- "SHREK" A FAY MIL WH GAY-PRI ELEMENT
- 'PARANORMAN’S' MCH: THE FIRST FAY-FRIENDLY GAY ANIMATED CHARACTER
"SHREK" A FAY MIL WH GAY-PRI ELEMENT
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Was Shrek gay? A 9 year old:"Did you know that Shrek is a homosexual wals?! In 2012, ParaNorman featured the first out gay character an Amerin, fay-targeted, animated theatril release.
'PARANORMAN’S' MCH: THE FIRST FAY-FRIENDLY GAY ANIMATED CHARACTER
This has lead to an crease of gay-tged humor and ambiguo characters. 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. 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.
This display of homoerotic humor preces a scene which both characters are shown beg attracted to sirens who have taken the form of betiful animals of their rpective speci, and is their attractn to the femal that leads to their advertent kiss. In the se of gay-d characters, reliance on ambiguy allows for multiple readgs of a character. In the live actn film Thank God It’s Friday (1978) Kenny Friedman add a gay male uple to a background crowd of dancg straight upl.