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Beauty and the Beast Was an LGBT+ Story Prolonged Before LeFou
There was a great deal of controversy six years ago when Disney announced that the live-action remake film of Beauty and the Beast would feature the "first openly gay moment" in any Disney film. Bigots protested, but so did the LGBTQ+ community when the film was released and the moment was only a brief flirtation involving the comedic-relief nature LeFou. However, much of the controversy missed the LGBT+ messages of the original feature. Composed with intent by Howard Ashman, the film was an intentional reflection on the LGBT+ experience during the AIDS crisis, transforming the tale as old as time for the s.
While the original fable can be read as an allegory for the woman's experience at the period, the Disney film invoked the feelings of the LGBT experience in Credited in a piece from Observer as an architect behind the Disney Renaissance in the s, (also the composer of Little Mermaidand Aladdin), Ashman was a big part of how Disney got support on its feet at the time and place many of the conventions of
An Exclusively Gay Breakdown of Beauty and the Beast’s Would-Be Queer Moment
We convened two Slate writers to dissect Beauty and the Beast’s ballyhooed “exclusively gay” moment and the ensuing fallout. Their conversation follows.
Jeffrey Bloomer: Sorry, David, but I need to lock you in my castle to discuss a matter that Bill Condon, Josh Gad, and especially Disney want we would just forget: the “exclusively gay” moment in the new Beauty and the Beast. The one where LeFou, the bumbling sidekick to beloved villain Gaston, becomes the supposed first gay character in a Disney feature. Be my guest?
David Canfield: I suspect that Condon et al. would rather we talk about the film’s undercurrent of bestiality at this point. But certainly!
Bloomer: A several weeks ago, Condon made presumably inadvertent headlines around the world by suggesting to Attitude, a British gay magazine, that LeFou would be in devote with Gaston in the new production. And not in a coded way: LeFou would actually be gay. This was a crack from Disney tradition, which is to be as male lover as possible without ac
'Beauty and the Beast's 'gay moment' may have been much ado about nothing
Spoiler alert! The tracking contains spoilers for the remake of Beauty and the Beast.
So that was it, huh?
That's what many moviegoers are saying after seeing Disney's latest live-action remake, Beauty and the Beast. They're not talking about the overall film, which is getting great reviews (three out of four stars from USA TODAY) and breaking box office records with a $ million debut, the highest ever for March and the seventh-highest of all time.
The underwhelmed reaction has been to the so-called "exclusively gay moment" in the motion picture, which has caused international controversy since director Bill Condon first mentioned it in an interview with Attitude magazine.
In the interview, Condon said the character LeFou (Josh Gad) would be portrayed as gay. This caused the film to get shelved in Kuwait and Malaysia, to be given a stricter rating in Russian theaters and to be boycotted by one Alabama drive-in.
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Beauty and the Beast to feature Disney's first male lover character and love scene
Emma Watson plays Belle, the young girl who falls in love with a monstrous beast with a dark secret.
Her suitors - the Beast and Gaston - are played by Brit stars Dan Stevens and Luke Evans.
The cast includes Ewan McGregor, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Kevin Kline and Stanley Tucci.
Watson has previously spoken about how she wanted to make the role of Belle more feminist.
The animated version of Beauty and the Beast came out in , while the new version is released in the UK on 17 March.
LeFou is confused about what he wants., external
Matt Cain, the editor of Attitude, said the film breaks new boundaries.
'It may possess been a long second coming but this is a watershed moment for Disney," he told Newsbeat.
He believes there's more that needs to be done to create cinema that reflects real life.
"It's a step in the right direction and I applaud Disney for being bold enough to make it," he said.
"In doing so, it will hopefully assist to change attitudes and bring about real so