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To: Ennis85
Been meaning to ask, did they ever go ahead and make the characters Finn and Poe gay in this movie like Abrams said he was going to do?

No. In fact by the end it seems that Finn and Poe, especially Finn, is each heading toward a girl.

Maybe Disney came to understand that most of their box office comes from last year's big swath of red across America. Places filled with families who do NOT want a "Finn and Poe happily married" action figure set at Toys R Us.

58 posted on 12/15/2017 8:53:55 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain (Liberalism, as with all else evil, can never create. It can only corrupt.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Technically, Abrams only said he intended to create gay characters in Star Wars. He never said anything about whether it was Finn and Poe he had in mind. Besides, we have one more episode that will be directed by Abrams, so we’re not out of the woods just yet.

Hopefully Disney’s wising up to the whole thing about how American families do NOT want gay characters touching family friendly stuff, because that may mean that I’ll end my boycott early. That said, though, their loss of revenue for Gay Days and their still continuing it AFAIK suggests they aren’t going to give up any time soon. LeFou technically wasn’t even confirmed gay in the actual screenplay of the 2017 film, and was only considered that because the director mouthed off at the worst time. I just hope Disney wises up, maybe also fires Iger for putting politics over actually providing for families, something that even Eisner at least was smart enough to try to avoid doing (Gay Days aside).


59 posted on 12/16/2017 8:10:55 AM PST by otness_e
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To: Ciaphas Cain

“Maybe Disney came to understand that most of their box office comes from last year’s big swath of red across America.”

That and China. I think they ban movies that involve or promote homosexuality? And so they wasn’t willing to lose out on such a massive market and take a hit at the box office. It seems after all his sjw posturing Abrams chickened out in the end.


60 posted on 12/16/2017 8:31:49 AM PST by Ennis85
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