Is Pixar Movie ‘Lu’ Really About Beg Gay? Some People Thk So!

Contents:

• WA A SEC — ARE THE MA CHARACTERS PIXAR’S ‘LU’ GAY?
• DO DISNEY’S ‘LU’ HAVE A GAY CHARACTER?
• SORRY, FOLKS, PIXAR’S LU ISN’T GAY
• IS LU PIXAR’S FIRST GAY MOVIE? MAYBE
• HOW GAY IS PIXAR’S LU?

WA A SEC — ARE THE MA CHARACTERS PIXAR’S ‘LU’ GAY?

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

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! ) believe that the great mds at Pixar may have meant for the movie’s plot to be an overall metaphor for gayns and acceptance.

I KNOW #Lu isn’t an explicly gay movie.

So while no character Lu has been intified by Disney outright as gay, we n very well read the subtext, metaphors, and straight-up visual evince (all of those nocent touch! 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.

SORRY, FOLKS, PIXAR’S LU ISN’T GAY

But 2020, Pixar released “Out” through s SparkShorts program, which centered around a gay uple.

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. Lu is marketed as a "metaphor for anythg" but the sea monster setup is a perfect allegory for a gay story, and LGBTQ viewers n read that way.

IS LU PIXAR’S FIRST GAY MOVIE? MAYBE

Lu has arrived on Disney+ and, spe what Pixar says, the movie prents a strong allegory for growg up gay and fdg a nnectn wh other LGBTQ people. This elis the fact that beg gay, queer, or LGBTQ+ is not simply a matter of partners or relatnships or sex.

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HOW GAY IS PIXAR’S LU?

So while Pixar ni Lu is a gay story due to s settg and the age of s characters, viewers should read the LGBTQ+ narrative for what is.

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