'Lightyear' Bombs at the Box Office After Gay Kiss Controversy - The Week In Nerd

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• 'LIGHTYEAR' STAR CHRIS EVANS LLS CRICS OF DISNEY PIXAR'S GAY KISSG SCENE ‘IDTS’
• NOLTE: DISNEY’S BIG, GAY ‘LIGHTYEAR’ IS THE LATT WOKE BOX OFFICE FLOP
• ‘LIGHTYEAR’ BOMBS AT THE BOX OFFICE AFTER GAY KISS CONTROVERSY
• GAY KISS-INCLUD WOKE ‘TOY STORY’ SPOFF ‘LIGHTYEAR’ STGGL AT BOX OFFICE
• LIGHTYEAR STGGL AT BOX OFFICE AS CRICS ATTACK GAY KISS SCENE

'LIGHTYEAR' STAR CHRIS EVANS LLS CRICS OF DISNEY PIXAR'S GAY KISSG SCENE ‘IDTS’

The film had cut a lbian kiss scene, but after Disney faced backlash for not opposg Ron DeSantis’s bill to keep talks of sexualy out of elementary classrooms– famoly dubbed the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill– Disney employe ed the axed scene as fuel for accatns that the pany wasn’t dog enough to be an ally to the LGBTQ+ muny.

”MacLane also posted photos of Pri flags and shared posts of Disney employe walkg out to mand more actn om Disney rponse to the 'Don’t Say Gay' to stand solidary wh my LGBTQIA+ lleagu today.

NOLTE: DISNEY’S BIG, GAY ‘LIGHTYEAR’ IS THE LATT WOKE BOX OFFICE FLOP

At that same meetg, Disney’s executive producer spoke about her “not-at-all secret gay agenda” for future Disney productns. Me unr fire for s ial silence regardg a Florida bill rtrictg classroom discsn of sexual orientatn and genr inty — dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” by crics.

Durg the tumult, Pixar employe lled out Disney executiv for cuttg “nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn” om the animatn stud’s films. Ron DeSantis’ Parental Rights Edutn bill — you know, what progrsiv ll the “Don’t Say Gay” bill (that has nothg to do wh sayg “gay”). Followg a year marked by turmoil wh s LGBTQ+ fan base and employe, Disney is releasg s first-ever movie that shows a gay kiss.

‘LIGHTYEAR’ BOMBS AT THE BOX OFFICE AFTER GAY KISS CONTROVERSY

Lightyear is not the first Disney film to be censored other untri for s pictn of gay characters.

After ially refg to ment on Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, the pany faced a wave of cricism om employe and nsumers. “Nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn is cut at Disney’s beht, regardls of when there is prott om both the creative teams and executive learship at Pixar, ” their letter read. Beyond qutng s public stance, fans and employe also cricized Disney for donatg to Florida policians who supported the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

"Lightyear" actor Chris Evans, who plays the tular role Walt Disney’s new Pixar movie, has rpond to crics who say the film’s kissg scene between two female characters ph a pro-gay agenda. (Getty Imag)"Every time there’s been social advancement as we wake up, the Amerin story, the human story is one of nstant social awakeng and growth and that’s what mak good, " Evans 'S SHORT FILM ‘OUT’ FEATURES FIRST GAY MAIN CHARACTERThe ment as some crics of the film have argued the cisn to clu LGBTQ reprentatn and a scene wh a gay married uple kissg a film marketed to children was on-screen kiss tak place between Hawthorne, a female lead voiced by Uzo Aduba, and another female, PIXAR'S 'LIGHTYEAR' SEES SAME-SEX KISS RESTORED AMID CONTROVERSY WITH QUEER CHARACTER: REPORTIt was reportedly removed om the film earlier this year, amid ntroversy over Disney’s quietns over Florida’s "Don’t Say Gay" bill that barred nversatns about LGBTQ inty K-12 classrooms, Variety reported March of this year, cg "a source close to the productn. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERIt will not be shown the Uned Arab Emirat or Malaysia, due to the on-screen gay kiss.

GAY KISS-INCLUD WOKE ‘TOY STORY’ SPOFF ‘LIGHTYEAR’ STGGL AT BOX OFFICE

Gee, what do you thk will happen when you add some high-profile homosexualy to a kiddie movie? Here’s the bottom le, Disneytards: You don’t gay up Toy Story.

You gayed up Toy Story?

No one r if movi are ma for homosexuals. Unls you are gay, same-sex sex, even a kiss, is unnatural and we don’t go to the movi to be ma unfortable.

LIGHTYEAR STGGL AT BOX OFFICE AS CRICS ATTACK GAY KISS SCENE

Aga, I enurage all studs to make movi for all people, and that of urse clus homosexuals. But is immoral to add homosexualy to a kid’s movie. Almost as dumb as gayg up Lightyear was replacg the beloved Tim Allen the lead role.

The film has suffered om negative buzz for months, after Disney revealed that was restatg a gay kiss between two female characters that had prevly been leted. In an terview wh Variety, star Chris Evans admted that the goal was to take the pictn of gays kissg Disney movi “to a pot where is the norm. The latt “Toy Story” spoff, “Lightyear, ” stggled at the box office this weekend, followg cricism over a gay kiss clud the kids flick brought a total of $51 ln s three day openg, brgg $20.

”Disney/Pixar notably restated a same-sex kiss between two female characters, Alisha and her wife, followg Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn bill, which bans classroom discsn on anythg related to sexualy and genr to children third-gra and Chris Evans, who voic the movie’s ma character, slammed crics who don’t approve of the gay kiss the kids’ film. ”Evans siarly ghed over the gay kiss an terview wh Variety on Monday.