Douglas Carter Beane Talks About Burlque, Gay History, and Crella - Slant Magaze

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• ‘CRELLA’ MIL GIV PRCE CHARMG A GAY TWIST
• FEATURED QUIZZ & STORI
• WHY CRELLA IS A GAY INFROM THE ANIMATED FILM TO THE "IMPOSSIBLE"-Y HIGH BAR SET BY BRANDY AND WHNEY, THE HEROE HAS BEEN PUTTG THE "FAIRY" FAIRY TALE FOR 70 {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEMARCH 6, 2020/4:47 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:490PX;WIDTH:980PX;}DISNEYBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEMARCH 6, 2020 / 4:47 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHY CRELLA IS A GAY IN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-03-06T21:47:15.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-03-06T21:47:15.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT…? IS A WEEKLY SERI THAT IS STANDG WH THE DIVAS ON THE RIGHT SI OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEVENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, ON MARCH 4, 1950, DISNEY RELEASED ACROSS A REPRSED UNED STAT THE TALE OF A YOUNG GAL GETTG TURNED OUT BY HER GAY BTI SO SHE ULD SLAY AT A BALL, SETTG A NEW STANDARD OF QUEER FOR THE MORN FAIRY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DON'T ACT SURPRISED WHEN I SAY THE GARMENT-MAKG MICE WERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE, 1937'S SNOW WHE AND THE SEVEN DWARV HAD A POLYAMORO SEVEN-WAY MARRIAGE, BUT THE ENTIRE TALE OF CRELLA IS GAY NON. YOU'VE GOT THIS KID, MISUNRSTOOD AND ABED BY HER FAY, WHO, THROUGH THE HELP OF A FAIRY, FDS LOVE AND LIFE AT A PARTY, ONLY TO LOSE HER SH AND FUCK UP THE RT OF HER NIGHT. THAT'S LERALLY EVERY WEEKEND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND REALLY AND TLY, WHAT'S GAYER THAN A MAKEOVER EXCEPT A MAKEOVER PERFORMED BY A MEMBER OF YOUR MAGIL CHOSEN FAY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CDY'S FAIRY GODMOTHER IS GIVG OFF SER SPSTER LBIAN AUNT VIB, THOUGH SHE CLEARLY HAD A BACKGROUND SIGNG FOR DRAG QUEENS BEE THIS BALL LOOK IS EPIC:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A PETTIAT AND A PEPLUM? OPERA GLOV? A GODDAMN CHOKER! AND 'S A NTRASTG BLACK TO DRAW THE EYE BUT NOT DISTRACT OM THE BOLD SHOULR AND THAT CLASSY-ASS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT DRS SET MY YOUNG QUEER HEART ALL AFLUTTER. BUT UNLIKE WH OTHER DISNEY FLICKS, I JT ULD NEVER GET ON BOARD WH THE VILLA, CRELLA'S NEVERTHELS INIC EVIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE IF SHE HAD SUPERNATURAL POWERS AND A PE—OR AT THE VERY LEAST A BETTER WIG—I MIGHT HAVE FELT MORE OF A NNECTN TO HER. HOWEVER, LATER ADAPTATNS OF CRELLA, DRAWG HEAVILY OM THE 1950 DISNEY FILM, FOUND NEWER AND GAYER WAYS TO PICT THIS MATERNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR STANCE, 1998'S EVER AFTER GAVE NONE OTHER THAN THE WOMAN WHO BROUGHT MORTICIA ADDAMS TO GLAMOROLY GHOULISH LIFE, ANJELI HTON, SERVG WHERG SI-EY FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN, 2015'S LIVE-ACTN REMAKE WENT ONE STEP FURTHER AND HAD CATE BLANCHETT, NO STRANGER TO MPG UP DRAG, DNG FOR AND WNG SEASON 7 OF RUPL'S DRAG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HTON AND BLANCHETT ARE JT TWO OF THE MANY QUEER AND QUEER-ADJACENT INS THAT HAVE CIRCLED AROUND CRELLA OVER THE PAST SEVEN S—STARTG 1957 WH JULIE ANDREWS THE RODGERS AND HAMMERSTE MA-FOR-TELEVISN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT ORIGAL BROADST WAS SUCH A SUCCS WAS ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE AND REVIVED AGA ON AIR 1965, AND GLOR TECHNILOR, WH LLEY ANN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE ULTIMATE CRELLA ADAPTATN ME 1997, WHEN THE GAY GODS SHONE DOWN UPON AND GIFTED THE WORLD WH WHNEY HOTON AS THE FAIRY GODMOTHER TO BRANDY'S CRELLA AN SPIRED, GROUNDBREAKG B OF STG THAT CLUD BERNATTE PETERS AS THE EVIL STEPMOTHER AND WHOOPI GOLDBERG AS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE WHNEY AND BRANDY'S VERSN OF "IMPOSSIBLE" IS, FOR MY CURRENCY, THE GOLD STANDARD, THE BEHD-THE-SCEN RERDG OF THAT SIGNATURE TUNE IS MORE ENTERTAG THAN ANYTHG DISNEY'S E OUT WH THE PAST —PARTICULARLY WHEN A VISIBLY EXASPERATED WHNEY ASKS THE YOUNGER SGER, REFERRG TO HER VOL RANGE, WHY SHE'S "DOWN THERE" ONLY FOR THE MERA TO IMMEDIATELY WHIP AWAY (AT ABOUT 3:45):{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOD, I MISS THAT WOMAN. UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, WHNEY WAS THE ONLY FAIRY GODMOTHER I WAS WILLG TO ACKNOWLEDGE…{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THEN NEWS BROKE THIS WEEK OF DAME BILLY PORTER PLAYG A GENR-NONNFORMG FAIRY GODMUTHA AN UPG MIL REMAKE OF CRELLA SLATED FOR A 2021 RELEASE. I ULD THK OF NO ONE BETTER FOR THE ROLE, THOUGH THE RT OF THE PRODUCTN GIV ME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE ONE HAND, WE'VE GOT BROADWAY BABY IDA MENZEL AS THE WICKED STEPMOTHER AND NATNAL TREASURE JOHN MULANEY AS ONE OF THE MICE/FOOTMEN. BUT THEN THERE'S THE TLE ROLE OF CRELLA, PLAYED BY CAA CABELLO, ABOUT WHOM I WILL SAY ONLY THIS: SHE'S NO BRANDY. CABELLO IS ALSO, APPARENTLY, NTRIBUTG MIC TO THE FILM, WHICH BRGS ME TO ANOTHER E FOR NCERN: WE'RE NOT DOG RODGERS AND HAMMERSTE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT ADDG A GREAT AL OF NFINCE TO THIS WHOLE SCENAR IS THE FACT THAT JAM CORN OF CATS FAME WILL SERVE AS BOTH A PRODUCER ON THE FILM AND ONE OF THE FOOTMICE. CORN IS ALSO CREDED WH THE STORY, NO DOUBT TO THE CHAGR OF CHARL PERRLT OR THE ANCIENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, ON THE BRIGHT SI, KAY CANNON, WHO WROTE AND DIRECTED THE WONRFUL BLOCKERS, IS HELMG THE SHIP. SO WHILE THIS LATT ADAPTATN OF CRELLA MIGHT LEAVE YOU PG FOR THE CREDIBLY HIGH, CREDIBLY GAY BAR SET BEFORE , LEADG YOU TO ASK—{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}—AT LEAST A NEW GENERATN OF BABY QUEERS WILL HAVE THIS TALE OF FAIRI TO SPIRE THEM FOR S TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• A GAY CRELLA STORY
• WHY CRELLA IS A GAY INFROM THE ANIMATED FILM TO THE "IMPOSSIBLE"-Y HIGH BAR SET BY BRANDY AND WHNEY, THE HEROE HAS BEEN PUTTG THE "FAIRY" FAIRY TALE FOR 70 {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEMARCH 6, 2020/4:47 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:490PX;WIDTH:980PX;}DISNEYBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEMARCH 6, 2020 / 4:47 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHY CRELLA IS A GAY IN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-03-06T21:47:15.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-03-06T21:47:15.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT…? IS A WEEKLY SERI THAT IS STANDG WH THE DIVAS ON THE RIGHT SI OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEVENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, ON MARCH 4, 1950, DISNEY RELEASED ACROSS A REPRSED UNED STAT THE TALE OF A YOUNG GAL GETTG TURNED OUT BY HER GAY BTI SO SHE ULD SLAY AT A BALL, SETTG A NEW STANDARD OF QUEER FOR THE MORN FAIRY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DON'T ACT SURPRISED WHEN I SAY THE GARMENT-MAKG MICE WERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE, 1937'S SNOW WHE AND THE SEVEN DWARV HAD A POLYAMORO SEVEN-WAY MARRIAGE, BUT THE ENTIRE TALE OF CRELLA IS GAY NON. YOU'VE GOT THIS KID, MISUNRSTOOD AND ABED BY HER FAY, WHO, THROUGH THE HELP OF A FAIRY, FDS LOVE AND LIFE AT A PARTY, ONLY TO LOSE HER SH AND FUCK UP THE RT OF HER NIGHT. THAT'S LERALLY EVERY WEEKEND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND REALLY AND TLY, WHAT'S GAYER THAN A MAKEOVER EXCEPT A MAKEOVER PERFORMED BY A MEMBER OF YOUR MAGIL CHOSEN FAY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CDY'S FAIRY GODMOTHER IS GIVG OFF SER SPSTER LBIAN AUNT VIB, THOUGH SHE CLEARLY HAD A BACKGROUND SIGNG FOR DRAG QUEENS BEE THIS BALL LOOK IS EPIC:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A PETTIAT AND A PEPLUM? OPERA GLOV? A GODDAMN CHOKER! AND 'S A NTRASTG BLACK TO DRAW THE EYE BUT NOT DISTRACT OM THE BOLD SHOULR AND THAT CLASSY-ASS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT DRS SET MY YOUNG QUEER HEART ALL AFLUTTER. BUT UNLIKE WH OTHER DISNEY FLICKS, I JT ULD NEVER GET ON BOARD WH THE VILLA, CRELLA'S NEVERTHELS INIC EVIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE IF SHE HAD SUPERNATURAL POWERS AND A PE—OR AT THE VERY LEAST A BETTER WIG—I MIGHT HAVE FELT MORE OF A NNECTN TO HER. HOWEVER, LATER ADAPTATNS OF CRELLA, DRAWG HEAVILY OM THE 1950 DISNEY FILM, FOUND NEWER AND GAYER WAYS TO PICT THIS MATERNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR STANCE, 1998'S EVER AFTER GAVE NONE OTHER THAN THE WOMAN WHO BROUGHT MORTICIA ADDAMS TO GLAMOROLY GHOULISH LIFE, ANJELI HTON, SERVG WHERG SI-EY FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN, 2015'S LIVE-ACTN REMAKE WENT ONE STEP FURTHER AND HAD CATE BLANCHETT, NO STRANGER TO MPG UP DRAG, DNG FOR AND WNG SEASON 7 OF RUPL'S DRAG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HTON AND BLANCHETT ARE JT TWO OF THE MANY QUEER AND QUEER-ADJACENT INS THAT HAVE CIRCLED AROUND CRELLA OVER THE PAST SEVEN S—STARTG 1957 WH JULIE ANDREWS THE RODGERS AND HAMMERSTE MA-FOR-TELEVISN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT ORIGAL BROADST WAS SUCH A SUCCS WAS ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE AND REVIVED AGA ON AIR 1965, AND GLOR TECHNILOR, WH LLEY ANN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE ULTIMATE CRELLA ADAPTATN ME 1997, WHEN THE GAY GODS SHONE DOWN UPON AND GIFTED THE WORLD WH WHNEY HOTON AS THE FAIRY GODMOTHER TO BRANDY'S CRELLA AN SPIRED, GROUNDBREAKG B OF STG THAT CLUD BERNATTE PETERS AS THE EVIL STEPMOTHER AND WHOOPI GOLDBERG AS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE WHNEY AND BRANDY'S VERSN OF "IMPOSSIBLE" IS, FOR MY CURRENCY, THE GOLD STANDARD, THE BEHD-THE-SCEN RERDG OF THAT SIGNATURE TUNE IS MORE ENTERTAG THAN ANYTHG DISNEY'S E OUT WH THE PAST —PARTICULARLY WHEN A VISIBLY EXASPERATED WHNEY ASKS THE YOUNGER SGER, REFERRG TO HER VOL RANGE, WHY SHE'S "DOWN THERE" ONLY FOR THE MERA TO IMMEDIATELY WHIP AWAY (AT ABOUT 3:45):{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOD, I MISS THAT WOMAN. UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, WHNEY WAS THE ONLY FAIRY GODMOTHER I WAS WILLG TO ACKNOWLEDGE…{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THEN NEWS BROKE THIS WEEK OF DAME BILLY PORTER PLAYG A GENR-NONNFORMG FAIRY GODMUTHA AN UPG MIL REMAKE OF CRELLA SLATED FOR A 2021 RELEASE. I ULD THK OF NO ONE BETTER FOR THE ROLE, THOUGH THE RT OF THE PRODUCTN GIV ME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE ONE HAND, WE'VE GOT BROADWAY BABY IDA MENZEL AS THE WICKED STEPMOTHER AND NATNAL TREASURE JOHN MULANEY AS ONE OF THE MICE/FOOTMEN. BUT THEN THERE'S THE TLE ROLE OF CRELLA, PLAYED BY CAA CABELLO, ABOUT WHOM I WILL SAY ONLY THIS: SHE'S NO BRANDY. CABELLO IS ALSO, APPARENTLY, NTRIBUTG MIC TO THE FILM, WHICH BRGS ME TO ANOTHER E FOR NCERN: WE'RE NOT DOG RODGERS AND HAMMERSTE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT ADDG A GREAT AL OF NFINCE TO THIS WHOLE SCENAR IS THE FACT THAT JAM CORN OF CATS FAME WILL SERVE AS BOTH A PRODUCER ON THE FILM AND ONE OF THE FOOTMICE. CORN IS ALSO CREDED WH THE STORY, NO DOUBT TO THE CHAGR OF CHARL PERRLT OR THE ANCIENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, ON THE BRIGHT SI, KAY CANNON, WHO WROTE AND DIRECTED THE WONRFUL BLOCKERS, IS HELMG THE SHIP. SO WHILE THIS LATT ADAPTATN OF CRELLA MIGHT LEAVE YOU PG FOR THE CREDIBLY HIGH, CREDIBLY GAY BAR SET BEFORE , LEADG YOU TO ASK—{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}—AT LEAST A NEW GENERATN OF BABY QUEERS WILL HAVE THIS TALE OF FAIRI TO SPIRE THEM FOR S TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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Seventy years ago this week, on March 4, 1950, Disney released across a reprsed Uned Stat the tale of a young gal gettg turned out by her gay bti so she uld slay at a ball, settg a new standard of queer for the morn fairy 't act surprised when I say the garment-makg mice were, 1937's Snow Whe and the Seven Dwarv had a polyamoro seven-way marriage, but the entire tale of Crella is gay non. That's lerally every weekend really and tly, what's gayer than a makeover except a makeover performed by a member of your magil chosen fay? However, later adaptatns of Crella, drawg heavily om the 1950 Disney film, found newer and gayer ways to pict this maternal stance, 1998's Ever After gave none other than the woman who brought Morticia Addams to glamoroly ghoulish life, Anjeli Hton, servg wherg si-ey for the, 2015's live-actn remake went one step further and had Cate Blanchett, no stranger to mpg up drag, dng for and wng Season 7 of RuPl's Drag and Blanchett are jt two of the many queer and queer-adjacent ins that have circled around Crella over the past seven s—startg 1957 wh Julie Andrews the Rodgers and Hammerste ma-for-televisn origal broadst was such a succs was adapted for the stage and revived aga on air 1965, and glor Technilor, wh Lley Ann the ultimate Crella adaptatn me 1997, when the gay gods shone down upon and gifted the world wh Whney Hoton as the fairy godmother to Brandy's Crella an spired, groundbreakg b of stg that clud Bernatte Peters as the evil stepmother and Whoopi Goldberg as the Whney and Brandy's versn of "Impossible" is, for my currency, the gold standard, the behd-the-scen rerdg of that signature tune is more entertag than anythg Disney's e out wh the past —particularly when a visibly exasperated Whney asks the younger sger, referrg to her vol range, why she's "down there" only for the mera to immediately whip away (at about 3:45):God, I miss that woman.

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So while this latt adaptatn of Crella might leave you pg for the credibly high, credibly gay bar set before , leadg you to ask——at least a new generatn of baby queers will have this tale of fairi to spire them for s to e.

A Gay Crella Story is an upg mil ma-for-TV film adaptatn of the classic Crella story, wh most characters changed genr om female to male, wh teenage boy as the tle role. HOLLYWOOD, California, October 25, 2019 (LifeSeNews) — The role of the fairy godmother Sony’s upg live-actn Crella movie will be played by a homosexual man. In The Broken Hearts Club, he played a jad homosexual man who is st asi by his lover.

Acrdg to People magaze, Porter beme the first overtly homosexual black male to w an Emmy Award for bt actor (2019) for the role of Pray Tell FX’s Pose. Pose is a televisn seri that picts black and Lato homosexuals and transvt of the 1980s who participated unrworld ballroom petns to ntend for dance trophi and other regnn for their choreography and stum.

WHY CRELLA IS A GAY INFROM THE ANIMATED FILM TO THE "IMPOSSIBLE"-Y HIGH BAR SET BY BRANDY AND WHNEY, THE HEROE HAS BEEN PUTTG THE "FAIRY" FAIRY TALE FOR 70 {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEMARCH 6, 2020/4:47 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:490PX;WIDTH:980PX;}DISNEYBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEMARCH 6, 2020 / 4:47 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHY CRELLA IS A GAY IN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-03-06T21:47:15.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-03-06T21:47:15.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT…? IS A WEEKLY SERI THAT IS STANDG WH THE DIVAS ON THE RIGHT SI OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEVENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, ON MARCH 4, 1950, DISNEY RELEASED ACROSS A REPRSED UNED STAT THE TALE OF A YOUNG GAL GETTG TURNED OUT BY HER GAY BTI SO SHE ULD SLAY AT A BALL, SETTG A NEW STANDARD OF QUEER FOR THE MORN FAIRY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DON'T ACT SURPRISED WHEN I SAY THE GARMENT-MAKG MICE WERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE, 1937'S SNOW WHE AND THE SEVEN DWARV HAD A POLYAMORO SEVEN-WAY MARRIAGE, BUT THE ENTIRE TALE OF CRELLA IS GAY NON. YOU'VE GOT THIS KID, MISUNRSTOOD AND ABED BY HER FAY, WHO, THROUGH THE HELP OF A FAIRY, FDS LOVE AND LIFE AT A PARTY, ONLY TO LOSE HER SH AND FUCK UP THE RT OF HER NIGHT. THAT'S LERALLY EVERY WEEKEND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND REALLY AND TLY, WHAT'S GAYER THAN A MAKEOVER EXCEPT A MAKEOVER PERFORMED BY A MEMBER OF YOUR MAGIL CHOSEN FAY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CDY'S FAIRY GODMOTHER IS GIVG OFF SER SPSTER LBIAN AUNT VIB, THOUGH SHE CLEARLY HAD A BACKGROUND SIGNG FOR DRAG QUEENS BEE THIS BALL LOOK IS EPIC:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A PETTIAT AND A PEPLUM? OPERA GLOV? A GODDAMN CHOKER! AND 'S A NTRASTG BLACK TO DRAW THE EYE BUT NOT DISTRACT OM THE BOLD SHOULR AND THAT CLASSY-ASS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT DRS SET MY YOUNG QUEER HEART ALL AFLUTTER. BUT UNLIKE WH OTHER DISNEY FLICKS, I JT ULD NEVER GET ON BOARD WH THE VILLA, CRELLA'S NEVERTHELS INIC EVIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE IF SHE HAD SUPERNATURAL POWERS AND A PE—OR AT THE VERY LEAST A BETTER WIG—I MIGHT HAVE FELT MORE OF A NNECTN TO HER. HOWEVER, LATER ADAPTATNS OF CRELLA, DRAWG HEAVILY OM THE 1950 DISNEY FILM, FOUND NEWER AND GAYER WAYS TO PICT THIS MATERNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR STANCE, 1998'S EVER AFTER GAVE NONE OTHER THAN THE WOMAN WHO BROUGHT MORTICIA ADDAMS TO GLAMOROLY GHOULISH LIFE, ANJELI HTON, SERVG WHERG SI-EY FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN, 2015'S LIVE-ACTN REMAKE WENT ONE STEP FURTHER AND HAD CATE BLANCHETT, NO STRANGER TO MPG UP DRAG, DNG FOR AND WNG SEASON 7 OF RUPL'S DRAG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HTON AND BLANCHETT ARE JT TWO OF THE MANY QUEER AND QUEER-ADJACENT INS THAT HAVE CIRCLED AROUND CRELLA OVER THE PAST SEVEN S—STARTG 1957 WH JULIE ANDREWS THE RODGERS AND HAMMERSTE MA-FOR-TELEVISN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT ORIGAL BROADST WAS SUCH A SUCCS WAS ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE AND REVIVED AGA ON AIR 1965, AND GLOR TECHNILOR, WH LLEY ANN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE ULTIMATE CRELLA ADAPTATN ME 1997, WHEN THE GAY GODS SHONE DOWN UPON AND GIFTED THE WORLD WH WHNEY HOTON AS THE FAIRY GODMOTHER TO BRANDY'S CRELLA AN SPIRED, GROUNDBREAKG B OF STG THAT CLUD BERNATTE PETERS AS THE EVIL STEPMOTHER AND WHOOPI GOLDBERG AS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE WHNEY AND BRANDY'S VERSN OF "IMPOSSIBLE" IS, FOR MY CURRENCY, THE GOLD STANDARD, THE BEHD-THE-SCEN RERDG OF THAT SIGNATURE TUNE IS MORE ENTERTAG THAN ANYTHG DISNEY'S E OUT WH THE PAST —PARTICULARLY WHEN A VISIBLY EXASPERATED WHNEY ASKS THE YOUNGER SGER, REFERRG TO HER VOL RANGE, WHY SHE'S "DOWN THERE" ONLY FOR THE MERA TO IMMEDIATELY WHIP AWAY (AT ABOUT 3:45):{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOD, I MISS THAT WOMAN. UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, WHNEY WAS THE ONLY FAIRY GODMOTHER I WAS WILLG TO ACKNOWLEDGE…{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THEN NEWS BROKE THIS WEEK OF DAME BILLY PORTER PLAYG A GENR-NONNFORMG FAIRY GODMUTHA AN UPG MIL REMAKE OF CRELLA SLATED FOR A 2021 RELEASE. I ULD THK OF NO ONE BETTER FOR THE ROLE, THOUGH THE RT OF THE PRODUCTN GIV ME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE ONE HAND, WE'VE GOT BROADWAY BABY IDA MENZEL AS THE WICKED STEPMOTHER AND NATNAL TREASURE JOHN MULANEY AS ONE OF THE MICE/FOOTMEN. BUT THEN THERE'S THE TLE ROLE OF CRELLA, PLAYED BY CAA CABELLO, ABOUT WHOM I WILL SAY ONLY THIS: SHE'S NO BRANDY. CABELLO IS ALSO, APPARENTLY, NTRIBUTG MIC TO THE FILM, WHICH BRGS ME TO ANOTHER E FOR NCERN: WE'RE NOT DOG RODGERS AND HAMMERSTE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT ADDG A GREAT AL OF NFINCE TO THIS WHOLE SCENAR IS THE FACT THAT JAM CORN OF CATS FAME WILL SERVE AS BOTH A PRODUCER ON THE FILM AND ONE OF THE FOOTMICE. CORN IS ALSO CREDED WH THE STORY, NO DOUBT TO THE CHAGR OF CHARL PERRLT OR THE ANCIENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, ON THE BRIGHT SI, KAY CANNON, WHO WROTE AND DIRECTED THE WONRFUL BLOCKERS, IS HELMG THE SHIP. SO WHILE THIS LATT ADAPTATN OF CRELLA MIGHT LEAVE YOU PG FOR THE CREDIBLY HIGH, CREDIBLY GAY BAR SET BEFORE , LEADG YOU TO ASK—{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}—AT LEAST A NEW GENERATN OF BABY QUEERS WILL HAVE THIS TALE OF FAIRI TO SPIRE THEM FOR S TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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WHY CRELLA IS A GAY INFROM THE ANIMATED FILM TO THE "IMPOSSIBLE"-Y HIGH BAR SET BY BRANDY AND WHNEY, THE HEROE HAS BEEN PUTTG THE "FAIRY" FAIRY TALE FOR 70 {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEMARCH 6, 2020/4:47 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:490PX;WIDTH:980PX;}DISNEYBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEMARCH 6, 2020 / 4:47 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHY CRELLA IS A GAY IN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-03-06T21:47:15.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-03-06T21:47:15.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT…? IS A WEEKLY SERI THAT IS STANDG WH THE DIVAS ON THE RIGHT SI OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEVENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, ON MARCH 4, 1950, DISNEY RELEASED ACROSS A REPRSED UNED STAT THE TALE OF A YOUNG GAL GETTG TURNED OUT BY HER GAY BTI SO SHE ULD SLAY AT A BALL, SETTG A NEW STANDARD OF QUEER FOR THE MORN FAIRY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DON'T ACT SURPRISED WHEN I SAY THE GARMENT-MAKG MICE WERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE, 1937'S SNOW WHE AND THE SEVEN DWARV HAD A POLYAMORO SEVEN-WAY MARRIAGE, BUT THE ENTIRE TALE OF CRELLA IS GAY NON. YOU'VE GOT THIS KID, MISUNRSTOOD AND ABED BY HER FAY, WHO, THROUGH THE HELP OF A FAIRY, FDS LOVE AND LIFE AT A PARTY, ONLY TO LOSE HER SH AND FUCK UP THE RT OF HER NIGHT. THAT'S LERALLY EVERY WEEKEND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND REALLY AND TLY, WHAT'S GAYER THAN A MAKEOVER EXCEPT A MAKEOVER PERFORMED BY A MEMBER OF YOUR MAGIL CHOSEN FAY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CDY'S FAIRY GODMOTHER IS GIVG OFF SER SPSTER LBIAN AUNT VIB, THOUGH SHE CLEARLY HAD A BACKGROUND SIGNG FOR DRAG QUEENS BEE THIS BALL LOOK IS EPIC:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A PETTIAT AND A PEPLUM? OPERA GLOV? A GODDAMN CHOKER! AND 'S A NTRASTG BLACK TO DRAW THE EYE BUT NOT DISTRACT OM THE BOLD SHOULR AND THAT CLASSY-ASS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT DRS SET MY YOUNG QUEER HEART ALL AFLUTTER. BUT UNLIKE WH OTHER DISNEY FLICKS, I JT ULD NEVER GET ON BOARD WH THE VILLA, CRELLA'S NEVERTHELS INIC EVIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE IF SHE HAD SUPERNATURAL POWERS AND A PE—OR AT THE VERY LEAST A BETTER WIG—I MIGHT HAVE FELT MORE OF A NNECTN TO HER. HOWEVER, LATER ADAPTATNS OF CRELLA, DRAWG HEAVILY OM THE 1950 DISNEY FILM, FOUND NEWER AND GAYER WAYS TO PICT THIS MATERNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR STANCE, 1998'S EVER AFTER GAVE NONE OTHER THAN THE WOMAN WHO BROUGHT MORTICIA ADDAMS TO GLAMOROLY GHOULISH LIFE, ANJELI HTON, SERVG WHERG SI-EY FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN, 2015'S LIVE-ACTN REMAKE WENT ONE STEP FURTHER AND HAD CATE BLANCHETT, NO STRANGER TO MPG UP DRAG, DNG FOR AND WNG SEASON 7 OF RUPL'S DRAG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HTON AND BLANCHETT ARE JT TWO OF THE MANY QUEER AND QUEER-ADJACENT INS THAT HAVE CIRCLED AROUND CRELLA OVER THE PAST SEVEN S—STARTG 1957 WH JULIE ANDREWS THE RODGERS AND HAMMERSTE MA-FOR-TELEVISN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT ORIGAL BROADST WAS SUCH A SUCCS WAS ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE AND REVIVED AGA ON AIR 1965, AND GLOR TECHNILOR, WH LLEY ANN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE ULTIMATE CRELLA ADAPTATN ME 1997, WHEN THE GAY GODS SHONE DOWN UPON AND GIFTED THE WORLD WH WHNEY HOTON AS THE FAIRY GODMOTHER TO BRANDY'S CRELLA AN SPIRED, GROUNDBREAKG B OF STG THAT CLUD BERNATTE PETERS AS THE EVIL STEPMOTHER AND WHOOPI GOLDBERG AS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE WHNEY AND BRANDY'S VERSN OF "IMPOSSIBLE" IS, FOR MY CURRENCY, THE GOLD STANDARD, THE BEHD-THE-SCEN RERDG OF THAT SIGNATURE TUNE IS MORE ENTERTAG THAN ANYTHG DISNEY'S E OUT WH THE PAST —PARTICULARLY WHEN A VISIBLY EXASPERATED WHNEY ASKS THE YOUNGER SGER, REFERRG TO HER VOL RANGE, WHY SHE'S "DOWN THERE" ONLY FOR THE MERA TO IMMEDIATELY WHIP AWAY (AT ABOUT 3:45):{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOD, I MISS THAT WOMAN. UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, WHNEY WAS THE ONLY FAIRY GODMOTHER I WAS WILLG TO ACKNOWLEDGE…{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THEN NEWS BROKE THIS WEEK OF DAME BILLY PORTER PLAYG A GENR-NONNFORMG FAIRY GODMUTHA AN UPG MIL REMAKE OF CRELLA SLATED FOR A 2021 RELEASE. I ULD THK OF NO ONE BETTER FOR THE ROLE, THOUGH THE RT OF THE PRODUCTN GIV ME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE ONE HAND, WE'VE GOT BROADWAY BABY IDA MENZEL AS THE WICKED STEPMOTHER AND NATNAL TREASURE JOHN MULANEY AS ONE OF THE MICE/FOOTMEN. BUT THEN THERE'S THE TLE ROLE OF CRELLA, PLAYED BY CAA CABELLO, ABOUT WHOM I WILL SAY ONLY THIS: SHE'S NO BRANDY. CABELLO IS ALSO, APPARENTLY, NTRIBUTG MIC TO THE FILM, WHICH BRGS ME TO ANOTHER E FOR NCERN: WE'RE NOT DOG RODGERS AND HAMMERSTE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT ADDG A GREAT AL OF NFINCE TO THIS WHOLE SCENAR IS THE FACT THAT JAM CORN OF CATS FAME WILL SERVE AS BOTH A PRODUCER ON THE FILM AND ONE OF THE FOOTMICE. CORN IS ALSO CREDED WH THE STORY, NO DOUBT TO THE CHAGR OF CHARL PERRLT OR THE ANCIENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, ON THE BRIGHT SI, KAY CANNON, WHO WROTE AND DIRECTED THE WONRFUL BLOCKERS, IS HELMG THE SHIP. SO WHILE THIS LATT ADAPTATN OF CRELLA MIGHT LEAVE YOU PG FOR THE CREDIBLY HIGH, CREDIBLY GAY BAR SET BEFORE , LEADG YOU TO ASK—{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}—AT LEAST A NEW GENERATN OF BABY QUEERS WILL HAVE THIS TALE OF FAIRI TO SPIRE THEM FOR S TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Porter ma history as the first openly gay black male to w an Emmy for a lead actor role for playg Pray Tell on Pose. A gay film versn of Romeo and Juliet seems h and new. Lance Bass, Willam, Shangela, and Janice Dickson gut star as classic fairy tale characters Amerin Idol falist Todrick Hall's pro-gay CrFella parody, which mix pop hs wh Disney favor to promote a msage posted on the vio's YouTube page, Hall wr, "It's time for to legalize love all shap and lors.

DeSantis’s move was explicly retaliatn to Disney’s opposn to HB 1557, better known as the “Don’t say gay” law. In terms of the LGBTQ+ muny, though, Disney’s relatnship go far eper, and has veloped ways the pany self n never have Disney was never a rd-rryg homophobe but he was a steadfast nservative, and long after his ath 1966, Disney’s output ntued to promote “tradnal” and “fay” valu.

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That didn’t disunt “dg” Disney characters (ually villas) as queer, that they exhibed stereotypilly gay attribut such as effemate behavur or distert the oppose sex: Jafar Aladd, for example, or Sr The Ln Kg, or even Shere Khan the tiger The Jungle Book. He moved to Florida and worked for Disney for 15 employe prott agast Florida’s “don’t say gay” bill. One of the unsung LGBTQ+ hero of Disney lore, for example, is Howard Ashman, the openly gay lyricist and producer, who died of an Aids-related illns 1991.

“You didn’t always feel safe as a gay kid, now you’re walkg down Ma Street, USA, and everythg is manicured, everythg is clean. This was the park’s first Gay Day, and has ntued ever sce. Compose: Guardian DignIn the early years, Disney would warn “straight” visors when was Gay Day and hand out whe T-shirts to non-participants who had advertently turned up wearg red.

While Disney do not officially regnise Gay Day, soon me to appreciate the mercial clout of the LGBTQ+ muny. There is no end of rabow-loured Disney merchandise on sale, and Disney acmodat and facilat the Gay Day schle of events, cludg a week-long ftival takg place across the cy, wh club nights, drag shows, pool parti, and special hotel his first Florida Gay Day 1998, Shapiro found a sister Gay Day Anaheim at the Los Angel Disneyland.

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While Orlando Gay Days are more party-centric, the lower-key Anaheim event tak place mostly si the park.

Disney now hosts a table at s wele centre promotg fairytale gay weddgs at Disneyland and hosts premier at Gay Day. “Gay Day was never formed wh a polil agenda, ” says Shapiro. Even if s “openly gay character” proclamatns rarely live up to the billg, there have been fleetg referenc to same-sex relatnships movi cludg Toy Story 4 (two women drop off their dghter at krgarten); Onward (Lena Wahe’s p refers to her girliend); the live-actn Bety and the Beast remake (the character LeFou, played by Josh Gad, is telegraphed as gay and danc wh another man, although not even Gad was particularly proud of that one; “I don’t thk we did jtice to what a real gay character a Disney film should be, ” he admted).

Jack Whehall went a step further, playg a gay man Disney’s live-actn film Jungle Cise last year.