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[slit]

I hope this becomes a regular thing in major animated releases so they can't show anything the kids want to see.

 

[John Kowalski]

Wait wasn't he supposed to be a lion?

 

[Kthulhu]

Spoilers

Your grandkids probably watch PewDiePie say fuck 50 times per video and watch at least 15 of his videos a day.

 

[NekoFever]

Wait wasn't he supposed to be a lion?

The animated one was a combination of a buffalo, lion and wolf. Not sure what they were going for with the new one.

 

[stupei]

Tangential to the main topic, I thought "fou" was a derogatory term for gay in French. I don't actually know French, so I might be misremembering something else. But if it is true, that's a really dumb name for your first openly gay character.

Edit: After doing a bit of research, it appears that the feminine form of fou, "folle" is a derogatory term for a gay man. But even if fou just means crazy, it still doesn't seem like a nice thing to call your only gay character.

They basically named him "The Fool" and yeah a lot of the gay community is super unhappy that Disney is patting itself on the back for making the bumbling sidekick in love with the guy who mistreats him. How progressive!

And yet this lady managed to be even more out of touch.

 

[The Artisan]

Wait wasn't he supposed to be a lion?

in the original cartoon he's an amalgamation of several different animals including iirc, lion, bear, gorilla, etc.

edit: beaten

 

[Acorn]

Alabama. Yup.

 

[impirius]

I cannot imagine God and Jesus approving of any film that promotes the image of Gaston as a tenor

 

[DeathyBoy]

They basically named him "The Fool" and yeah a lot of the gay community is super unhappy that Disney is patting itself on the back for making the bumbling sidekick in love with the guy who mistreats him. How progressive!

And yet this lady managed to be even more out of touch.

LeFou isn't a fool though - he's the flip side to Belle as Beast is to Gaston.

 

[depths20XX]

How openly gay is LeFou? Is it overt or suggested?

There's a scene in which he is a power bottom for Gaston.

At least that's what these people make it seem like.

 

[Professor Renegade]

It baffles me when people willfully lose money for the sake of upholding bigotry.

 

[LiK]

Funny that their excuse is that it's a family film so a gay character shouldn't be shown. It's just one theater so they can fuck off.

 

[BlitzKeeg]

This guy thinks simply acknowledging that homosexuals exists is "forcing their views on others"; who then forces his view on others by cancelling the show.

This really sums up every situation like this. These people don't want choice or freedom, or even to "love thy neighbor" like a "proper christian" would. They just want to twist those ideas to push their own bigoted agenda.

It baffles me when people willfully lose money for the sake of upholding bigotry.

Logic isn't really a strong suit in these people.

Too bad for them though. This is actually a good argument for the free market. Now people can go elsewhere to see the film and these people get to see, in actual revenue, how shitty their point of view is.

 

[Karsticles]

They basically named him "The Fool" and yeah a lot of the gay community is super unhappy that Disney is patting itself on the back for making the bumbling sidekick in love with the guy who mistreats him. How progressive!

And yet this lady managed to be even more out of touch.

I think it's important that the portrayal of minority groups isn't restricted to "good examples". If we want genuine diverse representation of homosexuals in the media, some of the characters that arise as a result will be unflattering. Putting restrictions on these things is how we get "token character" syndrome.

 

[DeathyBoy]

There's a scene in which he is a power bottom for Gaston.

At least that's what these people make it seem like.

Now depths20XX, I heard speed has something to do with it.

 

[Jombie]

I legit hate my home state.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

So then stay home and don't go see the movie if they don't like it? Why does the theatre need to pull the film? Bunch of snowflakes.

 

[The Artisan]

man I just realized this doesn't even open till next fuckin week