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:
- 'PARANORMAN’S' MCH: THE FIRST FAY-FRIENDLY GAY ANIMATED CHARACTER
- "SHREK" A FAY MIL WH GAY-PRI ELEMENT
- ‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS
'PARANORMAN’S' MCH: THE FIRST FAY-FRIENDLY GAY ANIMATED CHARACTER
In 2012, ParaNorman featured the first out gay character an Amerin, fay-targeted, animated theatril release. 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.
"SHREK" A FAY MIL WH GAY-PRI ELEMENT
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. He found tt screengs that straight viewers did not notice while gay viewers did. “Which is exactly what he wanted; he found that general dienc are unwillg to see gays and he ma easier for them.
Bee the Big Bad Wolf is prented as an ambiguo character, the two uld be read as a gay uple - but they don’t have to be. One review mentned as a gay kiss 7.
‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS
In this way gay dg works to a stud’s advantage. Ambiguy male characters, particularly male duos, has bee a wi enough regnized trope that bar the same name as the popular Saturday Night Live sketch, the "Ambiguoly Gay Duo. ” Other tim the qutns me the form of jt, like the Daily Show sketch that poked fun at a gay readg of the El Dorado characters 10.
Eher way, the fact that a gay readg of the characters was brought up at all speaks to creasgly perceptive viewers. ” The fact that they the film didn’t make any pot about Bryony’s sexualy is part of why she pged some people’s gaydar, bee is so rare to have a female protagonist who is not overtly heterosexual. To many Mch as a gay character was seen as no more a danger to child viewers then a character like Harry Potter would be as a wizard.
More movi released means the potential for more risk takg the typ of characters and stori, and gay-tged humor and gay-d characters have creasgly been met wh approval by dienc or at the very least acceptance by viewers who re ls about the sexualy of the characters and more about the narrativ.