Pixar Scrapped Gay ‘Lu’ Storyle — Report – IndieWire

Contents:

• DO DISNEY’S ‘LU’ HAVE A GAY CHARACTER?
• LU MAY NOT BE A GAY NARRATIVE, BUT ’S ABSOLUTELY A QUEER ONE
• I'M SORRY, BUT "LU" IS TOTALLY A GAY MOVIE, AND THE 18 TWEETS PROVE IT
• SORRY, FOLKS, PIXAR’S LU ISN’T GAY
• HOW GAY IS PIXAR’S LU?
• IS LU PIXAR’S FIRST GAY MOVIE? MAYBE
• WA A SEC — ARE THE MA CHARACTERS PIXAR’S ‘LU’ GAY?
• 'LU' DIRECTOR ADMS THEY 'TALKED ABOUT' MAKG THE LEADS GAY BUT CID TO FOC ON A 'PRE-ROMANCE' IENDSHIP
• PIXAR REPORTEDLY SCRAPPED GAY ‘LU’ STORYLE: ‘HOW DO WE DO THIS WHOUT A LOVE INTERT?’
• LU FANS ARE NVCED 'S A GAY LOVE STORY AND THE MEM ARE INIC
• IS PIXAR’S LUCA GAY? FILMMAKERS ANSWER THE BURNG LGBTQ+ QUTN

DO DISNEY’S ‘LU’ HAVE A GAY CHARACTER?

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LU MAY NOT BE A GAY NARRATIVE, BUT ’S ABSOLUTELY A QUEER ONE

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I'M SORRY, BUT "LU" IS TOTALLY A GAY MOVIE, AND THE 18 TWEETS PROVE IT

Do Lu have a gay character?

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SORRY, FOLKS, PIXAR’S LU ISN’T GAY

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HOW GAY IS PIXAR’S LU?

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IS LU PIXAR’S FIRST GAY MOVIE? MAYBE

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WA A SEC — ARE THE MA CHARACTERS PIXAR’S ‘LU’ GAY?

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'LU' DIRECTOR ADMS THEY 'TALKED ABOUT' MAKG THE LEADS GAY BUT CID TO FOC ON A 'PRE-ROMANCE' IENDSHIP

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—ClassicMovieGay (@jblikmovi) June 19, 2021What would have ma even more powerful, though, is if the movie explicly embraced the unniable queer subtext through dialogue. Instead, Disney seems happy to let dienc terpret the movie their own way — (almost) satisfyg LGBTQ dienc wh a movie that feels gay but actually isn't, whout beg brave enough to prent an openly queer story. Lu is a gay movie.

This movie is 1, 000% a metaphor for the growg up gay experience.

PIXAR REPORTEDLY SCRAPPED GAY ‘LU’ STORYLE: ‘HOW DO WE DO THIS WHOUT A LOVE INTERT?’

I'm jt stg here after watchg #Lu unable to stop thkg about how was a metaphor for beg gay. Jt saw Lu, & I don’t re what anyone else says, ’s the first gay animated film by Disney/Pixar.

LU FANS ARE NVCED 'S A GAY LOVE STORY AND THE MEM ARE INIC

Watchg lu and giulia sayg all three of them "drs weird" when they llectively look like a gay iend group 2021................ Also me, watchg Lu: gay?

IS PIXAR’S LUCA GAY? FILMMAKERS ANSWER THE BURNG LGBTQ+ QUTN

Cryg joyful gay tears for all the nfed LGBTQ+ kids who will watch Pixar's LUCA and have their ner world validated.