Buzz lightyear movie lgbtq
Fuel bills are through the roof and times are hard. Are you going to spend roughly £30 taking your kids to watch Lightyear at the cinema, or wait until it lands on Disney+ sometime in August? Of course, you may possess already cancelled your Disney+ subscription after recent controversies surrounding their progressive agenda. If that’s you, Lightyear is not going to change your mind.
This is the movie that famously contains Disney’s first same-sex kiss. But gay relationships is not what the movie is really about. Lightyear is not about how our masculine, muscle-bound hero Buzz Lightyear needs to be more liberal and learn to accept people as they are. When his best friend, Alisha Hawthorne, kisses her wife, it is brief and Buzz doesn’t bat an eyelid. The story quickly moves on.
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Yet conservative Christian commentators have been very angry about the inclusion of any same-sex attraction in a children’s film, no matter how short or incidental to the storyline. In response, liberal commentators have made fun of their consternation, unable or unwilling to see
Pixar's 'Lightyear' was banned in 14 markets over a same-sex relationship, as Disney grapples with a history of stymieing LGBTQ representation in its movies
Disney and Pixar's "Lightyear," which comes to theaters this weekend, has been banned in 14 Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian markets over a same-sex relationship and kiss between a female couple.
A Disney spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider. But a representative told the Wall Street Journal that the company "typically refuses to make cuts or changes that interfere with the integrity of a movie or that it views as inequitable."
The Hollywood Reporter reported in March that the same-sex kiss had been restored to "Lightyear" after being cut from the movie. Galyn Susman, a "Lightyear" producer, told The Mercury News in a recently published interview that Disney execs were "supportive" of the same-sex relationship, but "there was definite pushback" to the kiss.
Rommy Fibri, the chairman of the Film Censorship Board in Indonesia — one of the countries that banned t
Countries are censoring the new Buzz Lightyear movie over a same-sex kissing scene. It’s not the first time that Disney has faced LGBTQ backlash
Lightyear, which opens in the U.S. and global markets on Friday, stars Chris Evans and tells the tale of the astronaut behind Toy Story character Buzz Lightyear. It features a character named Alisha Hawthorne, voiced by Uzo Aduba, who is in a relationship with another woman.
As a result of its LGBTQ+ content, the movie has been banned or censored in several countries across the globe.
On Monday, the agency in control of media censorship in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Twitter that Lightyear violated the country’s media content standards, and as a result is not licensed for public screening.
Film censorship agencies in Malaysia and Indonesia have also flagged the movie for review, the Unused York Times reported.
In Singapore, the film has been approved only for audiences over 16 years of age, according to the agency in charge of media regulation in the country. “While it is an excellent animated film set in the
Disney-Pixar’s latest animated escapade is about to hit our cinema screens. It’s the origin story of one of their most beloved characters – Toy Story’s Buzz Lightyear. In the lead-up to its release, online speculation soared after it was confirmed that Lightyear would include the company’s first same-sex kiss. The film’s producer, Galyn Susman, stated that the female character Hawthorne, voiced by Uzo Aduba, is in a “meaningful” relationship with another woman and a kiss occurs between them.
In response, several countries – including the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Egypt and Indonesia – recently announced they would be banning Lightyear from cinemas due to its “violation of their country’s media content standard” (in short, the inclusion of LGBTQ+ themes).
Susman responded by saying that no scenes would be cut, adding: “It’s adj we are a part of something that’s making steps forward in the social inclusion capacity, but it’s frustrating there are still places that aren’t where they should be.”
Disney’s complicated LGBTQ+ history
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