Posted on 03/29/2011 2:59:03 PM PDT by NYer
It's only a matter of time and circumstance before Disney movies feature homosexual characters or "families," according to one of the company's animators.
In a little-noticed story by the Australian news website News.com.au, animator Andreas Deja, who reported working on the Disney films "Beauty and the Beast," "Aladdin" and "The Lion King," said the company is open to the concept of homosexual entertainment.
"Is there ever going to be a family that has two dads or two mums? Time will tell," he said. "I think once they find the right kind of story with that kind of concept, they will do it.
"It has to be the right kind of story and you have to find that first," said Deja, according to News.com.au.
Disney, which already allows various "gay days" and other such events at its theme parks, is a "gay-friendly" company, Deja said. The report cited "Lion King" contributor Elton John as well as the late Howard Ashman, who worked on the lyrics to "The Little Mermaid."
Deja said that the Disney characters already come from a wide range of backgrounds – such as Cinderella's step-family, Aladdin's street life and Bambi's motherless childhood.
He tried to be reassuring, however, in saying, "We won't all of a sudden make R-rated films."
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Glad I held on to the videotaped movies for my future grandchildren.
ML/NJ
Butt Boy and the Beast?
Like that candelabra and clock in Beauty and the Beast were straight. I’m just sayin’.
Shrek and Scar (from the Lion King) seem to be the only non-gay characters in the entire genre.
Wonderful. A Disney version of Daddy’s Roommate. Excuse me while I vomit!
Uh-huh...?
No way. Lumiere was as “straight” as an arrow. Didn’t you see him lusting after the female featherduster?
Literally I will then forever sever any and all ties to anything Disney.
Look for the following:
El-10: The boy who wished he was a girl
Meet the Butt Fockers
Boys Suck, so I’ll date my girl friends
Rubbing it Out: The Story of Two Gay Animators
Just Try It, You Might Like It
It’s over with them as far as I am concerned. Had it with their gay day takeovers. And gay cruises.
Hate to break the news to this guy, but Micheal Eisner is no longer in charge of Disney.
Eisner (for some reason I still don’t understand) seemed hell-bent on antagonizing Disney’s core customer—families. It seemed like he was more interested in pushing some kind of social agenda than in making the company profitable. The Disney boycott was a direct result of Eisner’s actions.
After Eisner was ousted, the new management made a commitment to keeping the Disney brand family oriented. Unlike Eisner, they are businessmen first, second, and last. They know that you make money by keeping your customers happy, and lose money by upsetting your customers.
You won’t see the current management pushing some socially cutting edge agenda (like having a gay couple in a cartoon), at least not with a Disney branded movie. The people that draw the cells might be all for it, but the people currently at the top that make the decisions aren’t going to allow it. Not if they think it will alienate their core customers—families.
Eisner doesn’t run Disney anymore.
That was very wise of you. This is sad.
“Felcher the Gerbil”
Catch phrase,”Armageddon!”
who is this homosexual and why is he pushing for homosexual movies via austrailia?
is he still employeed at disney?
if so he should be fired asap.
Timmy the T-Cell.
FUD
Talked to a guy who owns a shop that produces video games for all kinds of companies and reasons. He came from Eisner’s Disney.
If you were straight, you were in the minority, and daily office life made Mad Men look positively dull.
He bailed. Couldn’t take it. He put it, “Think of an entire company full of women, give them male libidos, and then give them all PMS every day of the month - that was Disney during Eisner.” Eisner was making decisions about the number of engines their cruise ships were going to have.
Guy was an idiot.
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