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Disney removed a same-sex kissing scene from the upcoming Toy Story installment Lightyear, but an uproar from artists at Emeryville-based Pixar got that male lover kiss right support into the animated feature film.
Bay Area movie audiences sure love their Toy Story sequels, partially because the production team of this Disney franchise is Emeryville-based Pixar Studios. And this summer's runaway blockbuster family movie slap is guaranteed to be the novel Toy Story prequel Lightyear, the latest Disney-Pixar addition to the popular animated franchise, which opens in theaters June 17, and is also playing at the Frameline Homosexual Film Festival two days later for a free Family Matinee screening at the Castro Theatre (RSVP is required).
Wait, why is a Toy Story movie playing at the Frameline festival? Because in a historic first, it depicts the first-ever same-sex kiss in a Disney animated film. The story of how that kiss got into the film — and then got back into the film after Disney’s censors cut it —
Disney-Pixar’s latest animated escapade is about to hit our cinema screens. It’s the origin story of one of their most beloved characters – Toy Story’s Buzz Lightyear. In the lead-up to its emit, online speculation soared after it was confirmed that Lightyear would include the company’s first same-sex smooch. The film’s producer, Galyn Susman, stated that the female character Hawthorne, voiced by Uzo Aduba, is in a “meaningful” association with another woman and a kiss occurs between them.
In response, several countries – including the Merged Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Egypt and Indonesia – recently announced they would be banning Lightyear from cinemas due to its “violation of their country’s media content standard” (in compact, the inclusion of Diverse themes).
Susman responded by saying that no scenes would be cut, adding: “It’s great we are a part of something that’s making steps forward in the social inclusion capacity, but it’s frustrating there are still places that aren’t where they should be.”
Disney’s complicated LGBTQ+ history
While this may seem particularly progressi
Disney-Pixar’s latest animated escapade is about to hit our cinema screens. It’s the origin story of one of their most beloved characters – Toy Story’s Buzz Lightyear. In the lead-up to its release, online speculation soared after it was confirmed that Lightyear would include the company’s first same-sex kiss. The film’s producer, Galyn Susman, stated that the female character Hawthorne, voiced by Uzo Aduba, is in a “meaningful” relationship with another woman and a kiss occurs between them.
In response, several countries – including the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Egypt and Indonesia – recently announced they would be banning Lightyear from cinemas due to its “violation of their country’s media content standard” (in short, the inclusion of LGBTQ+ themes).
Susman responded by saying that no scenes would be cut, adding: “It’s wonderful we are a part of something that’s making steps forward in the social inclusion capacity, but it’s frustrating there are still places that aren’t where they should be.”
Disney’s complicated Homosexual history
While this may seem pa
Fuel bills are through the roof and times are hard. Are you going to spend roughly £30 taking your kids to watch Lightyear at the cinema, or wait until it lands on Disney+ sometime in August? Of course, you may own already cancelled your Disney+ subscription after recent controversies surrounding their progressive agenda. If that’s you, Lightyear is not going to change your mind.
This is the movie that famously contains Disney’s first homosexual kiss. But gay relationships is not what the movie is really about. Lightyear is not about how our masculine, muscle-bound hero Buzz Lightyear needs to be more liberal and learn to embrace people as they are. When his best ally, Alisha Hawthorne, kisses her wife, it is short and Buzz doesn’t bat an eyelid. The story quickly moves on.
Imitating culture
Yet conservative Christian commentators own been very angry about the inclusion of any same-sex attraction in a children’s film, no matter how short or incidental to the storyline. In response, liberal commentators hold made fun of their consternation, unable or unwilling to see