Pixar’s Lu isn’t a gay romance, or a romance at all, says director - Polygon

Contents:

• HOW GAY IS PIXAR’S LU?
• DO DISNEY’S ‘LU’ HAVE A GAY CHARACTER?
• DISNEY’S ‘LU’ HAS VIEWERS SPECULATG GAY UNRTON
• IS LU PIXAR’S FIRST GAY MOVIE? MAYBE
• LU MAY NOT BE A GAY NARRATIVE, BUT ’S ABSOLUTELY A QUEER ONE
• SORRY, FOLKS, PIXAR’S LU ISN’T GAY
• ‘LU,’ CHILDHOOD IENDSHIP AND THE DISURSE AROUND GAY FISH

HOW GAY IS PIXAR’S LU?

Viewers also noticed parallels to director Lu Guadagno’s crilly-acclaimed gay drama Call Me By Your Name, which starred Timothèe Chalamet and Armie Hammer as two men who fall love 20th century Italy. 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.

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

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DISNEY’S ‘LU’ HAS VIEWERS SPECULATG GAY UNRTON

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IS LU PIXAR’S FIRST GAY MOVIE? MAYBE

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LU MAY NOT BE A GAY NARRATIVE, BUT ’S ABSOLUTELY A QUEER ONE

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SORRY, FOLKS, PIXAR’S LU ISN’T GAY

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How gay is ?

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‘LU,’ CHILDHOOD IENDSHIP AND THE DISURSE AROUND GAY FISH

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.