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- 'LIGHTYEAR' STAR CHRIS EVANS LLS CRICS OF DISNEY PIXAR'S GAY KISSG SCENE ‘IDTS’
- SAME-SEX KISS RTORED PIXAR’S ‘LIGHTYEAR’ FOLLOWG STAFF UPROAR OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL (EXCLUSIVE)
- LIGHTYEAR’S ANTI-GAY CRICS N BUZZ OFF, SAYS CHRIS EVANS
'LIGHTYEAR' STAR CHRIS EVANS LLS CRICS OF DISNEY PIXAR'S GAY KISSG SCENE ‘IDTS’
Me unr fire for s ial silence regardg a Florida bill rtrictg classroom discsn of sexual orientatn and genr inty — dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” by crics. Durg the tumult, Pixar employe lled out Disney executiv for cuttg “nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn” om the animatn stud’s films. Homosexualy is nsired crimal many Middle Eastern untri.Reprentativ of other untri, cludg Sdi Arabia, Egypt, Indonia, Malaysia and Lebanon, did not immediately rpond to requts for ment on why they would not allow the film to be exhibed.WATCH | The trailer for Toy Story prequel Lightyear: Disney ref to cut same-sex kissLightyear is a prequel to Pixar's acclaimed Toy Story anchise.
SAME-SEX KISS RTORED PIXAR’S ‘LIGHTYEAR’ FOLLOWG STAFF UPROAR OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL (EXCLUSIVE)
But she said filmmakers would not make chang to the movie.Cha has rejected other on-screen pictns of homosexualy the past."We're not gog to cut out anythg, pecially somethg as important as the lovg and spiratnal relatnship that shows Buzz what he's missg by the choic that he's makg, so that's not gettg cut," Sman told Rters at the movie's red-rpet premiere London.Evans trated by LGBTQ-related objectnsCha is not a "make or break" market for Pixar, one theatre dtry source said. More:Disney CEO fally speaks out on 'Don't Say Gay.' But where's the gay Disney fairy tale?The film begs wh Buzz and fellow space ranger Alisha landg on a strange pla, where they face off agast wged aliens and an octop-like creature. The same-sex kiss first ma headl last month, when Pixar animators spoke out agast Disney an open letter obtaed by Variety, sayg that rporate executiv had mand cuts "om nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn." Acrdg to SlashFilm, "Lightyear" producer Galyn Sman nfirmed that Alisha's kiss was ially cut om the movie.
LIGHTYEAR’S ANTI-GAY CRICS N BUZZ OFF, SAYS CHRIS EVANS
But was later rtored light of Disney's "Don't Say Gay" ntroversy, when was revealed the pany had donated roughly $200,000 to Republin policians who supported the bill, which forbids discsns of sexual orient elementary school classrooms.
In recent years, the Moe Hoe has received blowback for s feeble attempts at LGBTQ+ reprentatn: a lbian p Pixar's "Onward" who briefly mentns her wife, and a lbian uple strollg outsi together "Fdg Dory."Other live-actn Disney films have relegated queer characters to the background, like a blk-and-you'll-miss- kiss between two women "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," or the "exclively gay moment" of Josh Gad's LeFou dancg wh another man "Bety and the Beast." "Beg able to put back the kiss was important to ," Sman told journalists at a Q&A panel for "Lightyear" earlier this month. There’s nothg subtle about their exprsg overtly gay affectn.