Is Lu Pixar’s First Gay Movie? Maybe | Vany Fair

Contents:

• ¿TIENE 'LU' EL PRIMER PROTAGONISTA GAY PIXAR?
• IS LU A GAY METAPHOR?
• LU DIRECTOR SAYS THEY NSIRED MAKG LU AND ALBERTO EXPLICLY GAY
• SORRY, FOLKS, PIXAR’S LU ISN’T GAY
• DO DISNEY’S ‘LU’ HAVE A GAY CHARACTER?
• 'LU' DIRECTOR ADMS THEY 'TALKED ABOUT' MAKG THE LEADS GAY BUT CID TO FOC ON A 'PRE-ROMANCE' IENDSHIP
• LU PIXAR: ¿LU GAY? ¡EXPLICIóN ALBERTO & LUS!
• IS LU PIXAR’S FIRST GAY MOVIE? MAYBE

¿TIENE 'LU' EL PRIMER PROTAGONISTA GAY PIXAR?

El primer tráiler se ha hecho públi ta semana¿Ha querido ntar un g-of-age gay? El hecho que 'Lu' una historia cuyo protagonista homosexual.

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IS LU A GAY METAPHOR?

Hasta ahora, se ha visto un secundar LGTBIQ en 'Onward', y ya ntó n un protagonista gay en el rto 'Salir' ('Out') ntro l programa Sparkshorts. ¿Podría el tud animación dar el salto y oecer un personaje homosexual en un largometraje? Are Lu and Alberto Gay?

Therefore, even while no character the film intifi as openly gay, fans strongly relate to the story of Lu and Alberto. ¿Lu y Alberto son gay?

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LU DIRECTOR SAYS THEY NSIRED MAKG LU AND ALBERTO EXPLICLY GAY

Many fans of Lu believe that the movie is a queer-d gay love story. Lu director Enri Casarosa has revealed that there were nversatns about possibly makg Lu an explicly gay soon as Lu me out last year, LGBTQ+ viewers immediately nnected wh the Disney+ movie.

SORRY, FOLKS, PIXAR’S LU ISN’T GAY

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Lu director says they nsired makg Lu and Alberto explicly gay.

The film's director said 's about iendships, but many viewers observed a strong gay subtext.

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

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"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. 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.

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

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LU PIXAR: ¿LU GAY? ¡EXPLICIóN ALBERTO & LUS!

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. When Pixar first revealed the plot synopsis of s upg movie Lu — a tale of two sea-monster boys named Lu and Alberto, and an “unfettable” summer on the Italian Rivera — many people quickly pared to Call Me By Your Name, the 2017 gay romance that also took place durg an unfettable summer Italy. But 2020, Pixar released “Out” through s SparkShorts program, which centered around a gay uple.

IS LU PIXAR’S FIRST GAY MOVIE? MAYBE

Eager for reprentatn, many fans have clung to the possibily that Lu might give them openly gay ma characters, and not jt one-note si characters. Jt a ltle over halfway through Pri Month, we are seeg people flock to Twter to prent their theori on why and how the lead duo Disney and Pixar’s latt g-of-age animated feature film, Lu, is, fact, gay.

So do Lu have a gay character after all, or is this jt a se of fans creatg a headnon that’s gag tractn and onle clout? Do Lu have a gay character? While Disney has not e on the rerd sayg that Lu and Alberto are gay, we (and many a Twter er!