Disney movie Strange World has first openly gay teen romance - TheBlaze

Contents:

• DISNEY FILM FEATURG GAY MA CHARACTER BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE
• DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
• LIST: 'STRANGE WORLD' REVIEWS ABOUT DISNEY'S FIRST OUT GAY, CHARACTER, BIRACIAL QUEER TEEN
• DISNEY’S ‘STRANGE WORLD’ ANIMATED FILM TO INCLU OPENLY GAY TEEN ROMANCE
• DISNEY ANNOUNC 'PRC,' FIRST FILM WH OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS.
• DISNEY'S OPENLY GAY ANIMATED MOVIE 'STRANGE WORLD' FLOPS AT BOX OFFICE
• UPG ANIMATED DISNEY MOVIE 'STRANGE WORLD' FEATUR THE PANY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY TEEN ROMANCE
• ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS
• HOW MANY TIM IS DISNEY GOG TO INTRODUCE ITS ‘FIRST’ GAY CHARACTER?

DISNEY FILM FEATURG GAY MA CHARACTER BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE

6 ln over the five-day holiday weekend spe beg herald as the first Disney movie to clu an openly gay ma character. 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 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)

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LIST: 'STRANGE WORLD' REVIEWS ABOUT DISNEY'S FIRST OUT GAY, CHARACTER, BIRACIAL QUEER TEEN

It really do jt feel like yterday when we were promised the live-actn Bety and the Beast’s “exclively gay moment, ” only to be given Josh Gad dancg wh another man a ty agment of the film’s climactic dance sequence. Ever sce John Boyega and Osr Isaac’s Fn and Poe swapped jackets and lip-b their way to the galaxy far, far away’s hottt ship this si of the In T-65 X-Wg, Star Wars fans have wanted to see some gays space. Alas, after the Brothers Rso patted themselv on the back Endgame’s pre-release prs tours that they had brought the first on-screen explicly gay character to the MCU—after some fumbl along the way—we got...

DISNEY’S ‘STRANGE WORLD’ ANIMATED FILM TO INCLU OPENLY GAY TEEN ROMANCE

Wh s reactn to Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, the removal of LGBTQ+ characters seri like Gravy Falls and the ncellatn of LGBTQ-led The Owl Hoe, and Pixar employe allegg that executiv have censored queer characters out of their films, there has been an outcry om the LGBTQ+ muny for Disney to improve s LGBTQ+ reprentatn.

Out was Disney's first short to follow a gay ma character and showed their first same-sex kiss on-screen.

The film was the one to troduce the first openly gay superhero — Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry) — to the MCU, but that isn't the only thg that mak Eternals the perfect addn to a celebratn of Pri.

DISNEY ANNOUNC 'PRC,' FIRST FILM WH OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS.

LeFou (Josh Gad) may seem like nothg more than Gaston's sikick, but he ma history 2017 as Disney's first openly gay character. Siarly Onward featured Pixar's first openly gay character, where Officer Specter (Lena Wahe) referenc her girliend.

It's the first Disney movie featurg an out-gay character named Ethan Cla, played by gay edian Jaboie Young-Whe.

" Below are 11 excerpts om media webs and the different tak crics had on the gay character, characters Disney, Marvel?

DISNEY'S OPENLY GAY ANIMATED MOVIE 'STRANGE WORLD' FLOPS AT BOX OFFICE

Photos of 8 Disney, Marvel characters who are gay, lbian or bisexualUSA TODAY lls 'Strange World' 'extremely morn'"Fans of pulpy 1930s and ’40s hero such as Doc Savage and Flash Gordon will dig the over-the-top actn vibe, yet “Strange World” is extremely morn s them.

It taps to real-world issu of nservatn and staabily of natural rourc, and there’s a strong sense of cln – Ethan’s a biracial gay teen, Legend mak up for a missg leg wh boundls energy – and the most wele aspect is that 's all pretty normal.

UPG ANIMATED DISNEY MOVIE 'STRANGE WORLD' FEATUR THE PANY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY TEEN ROMANCE

(Ethan tak after gramps the adventurg partment, but he’s also sensive and openly gay a way that has never been more explic a Disney movie. "Indie Wire: 'First ever gay character...

ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS

Feels timid'"Ethan is the stud’s bajillnth 'first ever gay character' (and his fay is one of a few terracial fai all of Disney), but as progrsive as is, even that feels timid: His csh appears one scene at the begng of the movie, and apart om a short nversatn is not mentned aga — easily cut to appease the ternatnal censors that provi Disney wh so much of s revenue.

HOW MANY TIM IS DISNEY GOG TO INTRODUCE ITS ‘FIRST’ GAY CHARACTER?

)"Vulture: 'Ethan is Black and unmistakably queer'"That Strange World’s sendary hero, Ethan, is Black and unmistakably queer (no “exclively gay moments” here — he do some sweetly awkward flirtg wh his csh one of his earlier scen) is noteworthy.