Disney film to have gay character

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readerc54

Disney film to have gay character

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From Japan Times

LONDON -- Disney will feature its first gay scene when a character is seen struggling with his sexuality in the live-action remake of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, according to the film’s director.

The film’s stars will be heterosexual — British actors Emma Watson and Dan Stevens play the title roles — and manservant LeFou, sidekick to the film’s macho main man Gaston, will grapple with his own sexuality.

“LeFou is somebody who on one day wants to be Gaston and on another day wants to kiss Gaston,” director Bill Condon told gay magazine Attitude in an interview published on Wednesday.

“He’s confused about what he wants. It’s somebody who’s just realising that he has these feelings. It is a nice, exclusively gay moment in a Disney movie,” he told the British magazine.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/201 ... uty-beast/
fountainhall

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The homophobic Malaysian censors demanded that Disney remove the gay scene. Disney refused and has pulled the movie from Malaysia.
Homosexual activity remains illegal in Malaysia, and homosexual characters can only be depicted on screen if they show repentance or are portrayed negatively.

“We have approved it but there is a minor cut involving a gay moment. It is only one short scene but it is inappropriate because many children will be watching this movie,” the chairman of the censorship board, Abdul Halim, had previously said.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/m ... e-malaysia
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