Lu is marketed as a "metaphor for anythg" but the sea monster setup is a perfect allegory for a gay story, and LGBTQ viewers n read that way.
Contents:
- SORRY, FOLKS, PIXAR’S LU ISN’T GAY
- DO DISNEY’S ‘LU’ HAVE A GAY CHARACTER?
- HOW GAY IS PIXAR’S LU?
- IS LU PIXAR’S FIRST GAY MOVIE? MAYBE
- LOVE ISLAND BOSS SAYS 2021 LP IS DIVERSE, BUT NO GAY CONTTANTS THIS TIME
SORRY, FOLKS, PIXAR’S LU ISN’T GAY
* is luca gay love island *
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DO DISNEY’S ‘LU’ HAVE A GAY CHARACTER?
"This might seem rehg to some, to see a Disney movie explore iendships as opposed to a fairy-tale love story, but s a shame that this cisn has e when a gay romance uld have so easily and naturally be Lu and Alberto explicly gay or queer wouldn't have felt ntrived. It would have been a meangful nfirmatn of what is already a story rich gay subtext. "Bety and the Beast" and "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" both featured blk-and-you'll-miss- "gay moments:" a dance between two men and a kiss between two women.
HOW GAY IS PIXAR’S LU?
Queer kids will still feel forted by this story bee the scene plays out like an allegory for g out and beg gay, even if Casarosa said isn't.
IS LU PIXAR’S FIRST GAY MOVIE? MAYBE
—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.
LOVE ISLAND BOSS SAYS 2021 LP IS DIVERSE, BUT NO GAY CONTTANTS THIS TIME
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