Classic rtoon enemy mclemen Popeye and Bluto haven't kissed but they have ma up this animated mpaign behd Mute Maid orange juice. The two have overe their differenc to such a gree that some the gay muny (and the straight media too, such as ad reviewer Rob Davis) have wonred if the sailors…
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- MORE GAY RTOON CHARACTERS REVEALED!
- THIS ARTIST TURNED A CHILDHOOD LOVE OF ‘POPEYE’ VILLA BLUTO INTO A H EXHIB AMONG NYC’S GAY MEN
- GAY HISTORY: HAS ORANGE JUICE TURNED BLUTO AND POPEYE GAY?
MORE GAY RTOON CHARACTERS REVEALED!
Is Popeye gay? An ad pany g the rtoon sailor's likens says no, but the mercial is still beg featured on a new se of gay-themed ads. By Aparna Kumar. * popeye gay *
Recent events the world of animated children's shows have ed people to qutn whether the rtoon dtry is promotg a homosexual agenda. Allegatns have been directed at SpongeBob SquarePants for participatg a pro-gay vio, and at Bter the Bunny for his aternizatn wh a lbian uple and their children.
While some have dismissed the allegatns as the rantgs of ultranservative Christians, gay rtoon characters do fact exist, and some of them are even polilly active. "Even though we were rivals, Mickey was one of the few people who were nice to me after learng I was gay, " Popeye says. Reluctant to say more, Popeye tells me to check out the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Cartoon Alliance.
THIS ARTIST TURNED A CHILDHOOD LOVE OF ‘POPEYE’ VILLA BLUTO INTO A H EXHIB AMONG NYC’S GAY MEN
He says the group helped him immensely when he fally cid to e out as gay after beg btally ritured on-screen by Rob Williams. "Two out and proud gays on one show, wouldn't that be fabulo?!
They didn't re that I was gay, but this was 1959, and they didn't want any speculatn about me.
Snaggleps and Huckleberry soon beme nfidants of other proment rtoon characters stgglg wh their homosexualy. "Durg the mid-'70s, the public beme more aware of jt how many celebri were gay, " explas Snaggleps, turng ser. "The ironic thg is, they were wrong about one of the first gay ins, " he adds.
GAY HISTORY: HAS ORANGE JUICE TURNED BLUTO AND POPEYE GAY?
Though both adm to some progrs for gay rtoon characters, they're worried about the future. The creasg fluence of the relig right and the passage of state laws banng gay marriage have Snaggleps rallyg the troops for the battl they may face the next four years. In yet another sign of the cultural cle of wtern civilizatn, a beloved ic strip will be revamped for the morn “woke” era wh Popeye jog other rtoon figur who have been adapted to evangelize homosexualy and transgenrism, the facto relign of the ascendant polil left.
Another sign of the shift to the “new normal” was seen when the official Popeye webse began promotg homosexual-themed merchandise for Pri Month, the 30 day y of the worship all thgs gay that has recently evolved to a celebratn of transgenrism, kk and sexual generacy. Last week, was reported that “woke” Marvel Comics would be rollg out a new “fearlsly femme” gay Spir-Man after troduced a gay Capta Ameri last year.
Marvel to have ‘fearlsly femme’ gay Spir-Man swg to actn soon, wrer says — Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) July 3, 2022. "The animated spot, created by the ad agency Leo Burt, is one of the latt addns to The Commercial Closet, an onle mm of gay-themed ads om around the world, which lnched pil vio clips and storyboard stills of hundreds of mercials featurg gay characters or them, cludg several that never ma on the air.