Posted on 10/25/2017 4:21:21 PM PDT by markomalley
Disney Channel will introduce a gay storyline between two young boys this Friday when the premiere for the second-season for the popular series “Andi Mack” airs.
The children’s series will show one of its young male characters realizing he might have developed romantic feelings for another young male classmate, according to the Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday.
The series centers around the main character, a 13-year-old girl named Andi Mack, played by Peyton Elizabeth Lee, her unique family situation and her two best friends, Cyrus (Joshua Rush) and Buffy (Sofia Wylie).
When the season premieres this Friday at 8 p.m. viewers will see Mack trying to sort out her feelings for her friend Jonah, played by Asher Angel. At the same time, her best friend 13-year-old Cyrus realizes he too has feelings for Jonah and shares his thoughts with Buffy.
According to the report, Buffy’s reaction and the scene are to “serve as a positive role model for both kids and adults.” What follows will be a series of revelations over the next few episodes with Cyrus ultimately this season realizing he is gay and coming to accept that fact.
“‘Andi Mack’ is a story about tweens figuring out who they are; Terri Minsky, the cast and everyone involved in the show takes great care in ensuring that it’s appropriate for all audiences and sends a powerful message about inclusion and respect for humanity,” a spokesperson for Disney Channel said of the upcoming season.
The average viewer age for the series is 10 years old.
Great, just great...
As long as Bob Iger and his ilk are continuing to run Disney to the ground, there won’t BE any way to stop the filth. The 2019 primaries can’t come soon enough, and let’s hope Iger manages to run and lose in an especially humiliating defeat so he can’t work for Disney anymore.
“The Little Mermaid wasn’t “worldly.” If anything, Ariel actually sought a... ahem, higher plane than her current undersea world. And it certainly represented Christian values FAR better than the original tale did.”
Just using the Lil’ Mermaid to establish the time I tuned out. I did not see the show, only the massive amount of Mermaid related products hawked. It was the commercialization I focused upon. Never saw the production.
I suggest you see it, it’s actually quite good. Ariel is the furthest thing from a feminist even back then, much less today. She’s at most a Suffragette. Also, I can tell you it has an anti-racism message and even an anti-environmentalist message, and Ursula, the main villain, not only espouses feminist statements that are clearly lies, but Eric actually turns out to be quite badass, taking Ursula out by ramming her with a ship. And Triton actually saves Ariel as well, at the cost of his own freedom, and Ariel is hesitant to leave her family even when undergoing the deal. In fact, you could also say that it really shows what Conservatism and Liberalism’s true faces are, with Ariel representing character integrity (makes no effort to break free from Ursula’s grip, and was also implied to have been willing to be damned and fulfill her end of the bargain if she failed), while Ursula relied on deceit and trickery to get her way.
The TV series, heck, the sequels even, promote similar messages. If any of the post-Walt Disney films during the Renaissance are good viewing, it’s The Little Mermaid and The Lion King.
“I suggest you see it, it’s actually quite good. Ariel is the furthest thing from a feminist even back then, much less today. She’s at most a Suffragette. . . “
Thank you for the recap. If I ever have the occasion to view it I will accept the opportunity.
Regards,
Tomato lover
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