Pixar director Enri Casarosa drew heavily om faiar g-out stori and other "gay narrative" trop for his animated movie Lu. (It’s all there, om nversn therapy to passg privilege.) But he’s still nyg any gay ntent, shuttg down queer viewers who see themselv the film. The bate mirrors other s, om Star Wars’ Le Skywalker to Anthony Mackie’s ments on The Faln and the Wter Soldier, where LBGTQ+ viewers terpret stori through their own lens, and the creators try to ny them. Here’s why eedom of terpretatn matters.
Contents:
- ‘LU,’ CHILDHOOD IENDSHIP AND THE DISURSE AROUND GAY FISH
- DO DISNEY’S ‘LU’ HAVE A GAY CHARACTER?
- LU FANS ARE NVCED 'S A GAY LOVE STORY AND THE MEM ARE INIC
- LU MAY NOT BE A GAY NARRATIVE, BUT ’S ABSOLUTELY A QUEER ONE
- WA A SEC — ARE THE MA CHARACTERS PIXAR’S ‘LU’ GAY?
- STREAM IT OR SKIP IT: ‘LU’ ON DISNEY+, A PIXAR OUTG WHICH (POSSIBLY GAY?) FISH-BOYS ENJOY AN ADVENTURE ON LAND
‘LU,’ CHILDHOOD IENDSHIP AND THE DISURSE AROUND GAY FISH
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. * gay little fish luca *
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But is worth thkg about the implitns of this film and s potential as a gay narrative. Relatnships between people sometim change as children grow to themselv; the love between Lu and Alberto is a strong platonic love, but even if they are not explicly gay, that do not mean they are straight.
Jt a ltle over halfway through Pri Month, we are seeg people flock to Twter to prent their theori on why and how the lead duo Disney and Pixar’s latt g-of-age animated feature film, Lu, is, fact, gay. So do Lu have a gay character after all, or is this jt a se of fans creatg a headnon that’s gag tractn and onle clout?
DO DISNEY’S ‘LU’ HAVE A GAY CHARACTER?
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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! "LGBTQ+ viewers worldwi have nnected to the movie and the mem and reactns are both wholome and Lu gay? Is Lu gay?
LU FANS ARE NVCED 'S A GAY LOVE STORY AND THE MEM ARE INIC
Discsg whether or not Lu is a gay love story, director Enri Casarosa told Polygon: "I was really keen to talk about a iendship before girliends and boyiends e to plite thgs. One person tweeted: "Jt saw Lu, & I don’t re what anyone else says, ’s the first gay animated film by Disney/Pixar.
"Another person tweeted: "Jt watched Lu and now I’m cryg over gay fish what the fuck.
LU MAY NOT BE A GAY NARRATIVE, BUT ’S ABSOLUTELY A QUEER ONE
Jt saw Lu, & I don’t re what anyone else says, ’s the first gay animated film by Disney/Pixar. Also me, watchg Lu: gay?
Perfectly ptur the feelg of the bt iend you’re kda love wh as a young gay kid, the nfn, the fear of beg different & hidg..
i KNOW #Lu isn’t an explicly gay movie. Jt watched Lu and now I’m cryg over gay fish what the fuck— ? Kiiwi ? ONGOING DTIYS (@kiiwistu) June 18, 2021. Lu asks the age old qutn: Are they gay or jt alian— Mar Mozzarella (@MarGractti) June 18, 2021.
WA A SEC — ARE THE MA CHARACTERS PIXAR’S ‘LU’ GAY?
Hi, the characters Lu are more queer than any of the other 97 first openly gay characters the Disney/Pixar non, and if you don’t thk so then don’t talk to me or my mermaid son or his mermaid lover ever aga, happy PRIDE.
It's also worth notg that even though Casarosa said that Lu is not a gay love story, he hasn't explicly said if Lu and Alberto are queer or not. 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.
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.
STREAM IT OR SKIP IT: ‘LU’ ON DISNEY+, A PIXAR OUTG WHICH (POSSIBLY GAY?) FISH-BOYS ENJOY AN ADVENTURE ON LAND
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