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- 'LIGHTYEAR' STAR CHRIS EVANS LLS CRICS OF DISNEY PIXAR'S GAY KISSG SCENE ‘IDTS’
- LIGHTYEAR GETS WARNG SIGN FOR GAY KISS SCENE AT OKLAHOMA THEATER, SPARKG BACKLASH
'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. Followg a year marked by turmoil wh s LGBTQ+ fan base and employe, Disney is releasg s first-ever movie that shows a gay kiss.
Lightyear is not the first Disney film to be censored other untri for s pictn of gay characters. After ially refg to ment on Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, the pany faced a wave of cricism om employe and nsumers. “Nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn is cut at Disney’s beht, regardls of when there is prott om both the creative teams and executive learship at Pixar, ” their letter read.
LIGHTYEAR GETS WARNG SIGN FOR GAY KISS SCENE AT OKLAHOMA THEATER, SPARKG BACKLASH
Beyond qutng s public stance, fans and employe also cricized Disney for donatg to Florida policians who supported the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Homosexualy is nsired crimal many Middle Eastern untri. But she said filmmakers would not make chang to the has rejected other on-screen pictns of homosexualy the past.
In the new Pixar animated film “Lightyear,” space ranger Buzz Lightyear works through a lot of character issu, though havg his bt iend’s back isn’t one of them: He not only knows and rpects his lbian manr Alisha’s sexualy but is exced to hear that she's found love while stuck on an alien pla.Many people the real world haven't been so supportive.A same-sex kiss "Lightyear" ( theaters Friday) between Alisha (voiced by Uzo Aduba) and her partner has ma ternatnal headl, as the Uned Arab Emirat this week banned the Disney movie om showg theaters bee of s cln and Disney self pulled the movie om Malaysian theaters after refg orrs for LGBTQ aspects to “be cut and muted."The scene ma wav earlier the U.S.: It was ially cut om the film, then rtored after ternal uproar when was revealed Disney had donated $200,000 to Republin policians who supported Florida's “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which forbids discsns of sexual orientatn elementary school classrooms.Review: Chris Evans' Buzz is more fantastic than plastic Pixar's spiffy 'Lightyear'The iendship between Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Chris Evans) and his manr Alisha Hawthorne (Uzo Aduba) is at the heart of "Lightyear."“What this film do is handle love and those stori the way that they should be, that they are not the totaly of a person,” Aduba tells USA TODAY. We took out the kiss bee we were asked to and we replaced wh, as Ang puts , ‘the awkward handhold.' "'I love love, who don't?': Chris Evans on 'Lightyear,' playg bad guys and beg 'a romantic person'In March, the kiss was rtored after Pixar animators spoke out agast Disney an open letter obtaed by Variety, sayg executiv had mand cuts "om nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn." Filmmakers were glad to have "an opportuny to put back," Sman says. “It's a small moment and is treated as jt an ditor of the relatnship," she says.Playg a character like Alisha a high-profile movie the wake of “Don’t Say Gay” and other siar legislatn “means everythg,” Aduba adds.
Disney and Pixar have received substantial attentn over the past months after employe alleged that rporate executiv cut “nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn” recent films, “regardls of when there is prott om both the creative teams and executive learship at Pixar. Ron DeSantis’ ntroversial “Parental Rights Edutn” bill, or, as many lled , the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Strange World, g this November, will feature the first-ever gay teen romance, and Disney+ currently boasts an entire “pri” llectn on s streamg service.