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DISNEY FILM FEATURG GAY MA CHARACTER BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE

Strange World, wh Jake Gyllenhaal, Jaboie Young-Whe and Dennis Quaid, featur Disney's first gay lead character an animatn. * is disney making a gay movie *

6 ln over the five-day holiday weekend spe beg herald as the first Disney movie to clu an openly gay ma character.

DISNEY RELEAS ‘GAYT KIDS MOVIE YET,’ PRODUCED LONG BEFORE FLORIDA GROOMG CONTROVERSY

Disney has has released what has been scribed as the "gayt kid's movie yet" even as the pany attacks Florida's new tn law. * is disney making a gay movie *

However, those figur were rapidly, and signifintly, revised downwards when was unrstood how poorly the movie was performg wh wh other recent Disney animated movi cludg Lightyear (another disappotg box office flop), Strange World sought to crowbar progrsive to the film, cludg for the first time Disney’s history an openly gay ma character. However, one liberal movie reviewer said Disney would likely e homophobia to shield om the film’s obv shortgs. “Disney is 100% gog to blame STRANGE WORLD’s evable bad box office on the fact that there’s an openly gay character the movie when realy, ’s gog to flop bee they didn’t market at all.

Disney’s latt major animatn fally livers on those reprentatn promis the pany’s been makg for years (Picture: Disney)Disney has fally done – after years of quick referenc, teasg and plenty of queer dg, the stud has s first gay lead character an animatn wh new film, Strange World. Dpe s stumble earlier this year when Disney had to be phed to speak out publicly agast Florida’s highly ntroversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law, as one of the world’s most powerful media pani has been an advote for LGBTQ+ rights and cln for many years via s msagg, polici and – of urse – merchandise.

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Everyone remembers the ial excement when was revealed Disney was gog to feature s first ‘openly gay’ character wh LeFou (Josh Gad) the 2017 live-actn remake of Bety and the Beast, before turned out was all to do wh Gad’s performance one scene and never tentnally baked to the script. Sce 2020, feels like we’ve been chg towards this evable moment wh Strange World, after Onward featured a lbian character, live-actn film Jungle Cise ma explic reference to Jack Whehall’s character McGregor beg gay and Toy Story adjacent film Lightyear showed Disney’s first animated same-sex kiss 2022 (aga, sadly cut some untri, as well as almost the US). Fans were prevly upset to see Shang cut om the live-actn Mulan remake (Picture: Disney)However, is Strange World that is the Disney rtoon that is first to make one of s lead characters gay, balancg a way where is repeatedly referenced, forms part of a sub-plot and – ccially – allows for some lovely bondg moments between s supportive onscreen fay.

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Openly gay edian Jaboie Young-Whe stars as Ethan Cla, the grandson of legendary explorer Jaeger Cla (Dennis Quaid) and son of the more rerved explorer-turned-farmer Searcher Cla (Jake Gyllenhaal). Ethan also mak an awome new iend Splat, FYI (Picture: Disney)Durg their geoly animated adventure, which ow a bt of gratu to pulp magaz, Jul Verne, Terry Pratchett and mythology, is ma clear early on that Ethan is gay and nursg a csh on one of his male iends.

Strange World manag to balance a sual ‘not a big al’ approach to Ethan as Disney’s first gay lead character while also makg tegral to who he is and an element of his personaly that’s never bshed unr the rpet. Disney has released what has been scribed as the “gayt kid’s movie yet, ” as ntu to pay fealty to radil queer activists wh s attacks on Florida’s anti-groomg law that giv parents a say their children’s tn. While the movie never affix the label of “gay” to s young star, acrdg to the Daily Beast, the movie is an homage to every gay kid who lov stage plays and mils.

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“Better Nate Than Ever, which jt may be the most gay-posive and enuragg youth programmg that Disney has ever released, ” the Beast reported on Friday.

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The Daily Beast ghed over the gayns of the film.

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Disney Releas 'Gayt Kids Movie Yet,' Produced Long Before Anti-Groomg Controversy .

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