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A Look at Disney’s LGBTQ Characters: Zoit (Lloyd in Space)
August 16, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
I’ll be honest and say that Lloyd in Space is a show that I all but forgot about. This is a show from the later years of Disney’s One Saturday Morning. I saw people talk about this episode when the announcement Raine Whispers being non-binary came up and people were wondering if Disney had ever a non-binary character and this was the closest they could think of.
Now, the episode this character comes from is 19 years old. So, it may not be the best depiction and there is also the thing having an alien being a non-binary character, which so many have found tiresome. Is it fair to scrutinize a nearly two-decade show for this? I dunno. However as non-binary blogger, Christine Prevas, it is disappointing when the only rep for the enby crowd are aliens and robots.
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A Look at Disney’s LGBTQ Characters: MacGergor (Jungle Cruise)
August 9, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
Spoilers for Jungle Cruise ahead:
I am just so tired. What do I mean, I am tired of stereotypes being used in service of actual characterization and that is a problem with LGBTQ+ characters in so much media. And sadly, Jungle Crusie which was a movie that I enjoyed falls into this problem with the character of MacGregor. I had known for a while that straight actor Jack Whitehall would be playing a gay character in this movie and I was nervous when I read that he would be comedic relief. And well, my concerns were justified.
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A Look at Disney: Gonzo-rella (Muppet Babies Episode Review)
July 27, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
One of my favorite fairy tales is Cinderella and my favorite Muppet is Gonzo. Over the weekend, I saw clips of the new Muppet Babies with Gonzo in a princess dress where he said that he just wanted his friends to accept him for who he is. So, I had to see this.
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A Look at Disney’s LGBTQ Characters: Raine Whispers and Lumity Update (The Owl House)
July 26, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
Season 2 of The Owl House has been so much gayer than last season and I love that. We are seeing actual development of the Lumity relationship to Luz now feeling the same way about Amity as Amity feels towards her.
To Amity kissing Luz and you’ll notice that Amity now has purple hair. Well, that in a way is something fans have wanted for a while, Amity taking control of her life and loosening her mother’s grip.
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A Look at Disney: Arendelle Library: Frozen (Audiobook)
June 29, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
I know that I said in the introduction to Arendelle Library that I was only going to focus on the Dark Horse comics. Well, I changed my mind. I figured one of the best places to start was a novelization of the first film. But what, do I do the actual novelization or the graphic novelization. Which I was surprised to see wasn’t done by Dark Horse or at least I found wasn’t. There are a lot of Frozen books.
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A Look at Disney’s LGBTQ Characters: Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland (Gravity Falls)
June 24, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs, Uncategorized
This is going to be tough. I like Gravity Falls but I think there is one big blemish on it, that being Blubs and Durland. Is it because they’re cops? No, even though I brought up that as an issue when looking at the cop character from Onward. Rather, I am uncomfortable with how the show treats these two. This is something that my friend Austin Shinn brought up in his review of the series.
I also get that the intention was a love story with Bubbs and Durland but it felt like a bad joke
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A Look at Disney: Arendelle Library: An Introduction
June 23, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
Taking a break from the LGBTQ+ retrospective to introduce a new series. Anyone who knows me knows that I love Frozen. And Dark Horse has been putting out Frozen comics for a while. Now, I’ve two of them, Breaking Boundaries and The Hero Within.
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A Look at Disney’s LGBTQ Characters: Mouse (Big Shot)
June 11, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
Big Shot is a new sports drama from David E. Kelley and Brad Garrett about a college basketball coach fired after losing his temper and is forced to coach a team at an all-girls private high school. The show is pretty good, I binged the first eight episodes in a day. And well, there is an LGBTQ character on the team. That being Carolyn “Mouse” Smith. I like her for the most part but there are some issues that I have noticed with Mouse. Mouse isn’t exactly the smartest girl on the team and that well, I don’t know if dumb gay is a trope but it does feel like one. And that is kind of the feeling that I was getting from the character of Mouse.
Putting it another way, it kinda feeds into the gay best friend trope. Not completely but there are hints of it.
Almost as long as rom-coms and high school TV shows have existed, the Gay Best Friend™ has been a source of comedy and controversy. Often an important first step in introducing queer storylines to mainstream audiences, the GBF trope had a tendency to reinforce stereotypes about gay men: that their only interests are makeovers, shopping and drama, that their struggles and relationships fade into the background unless they’re supporting a straight person’s story,
Mouse has other interests and is allowed to develop feelings for another girl that we see her get with in the eighth episode and share a kiss. Now Kelley is no stranger to TV as he also created Ally McBeal but I was curious about something about that show he created. And this piece from Out goes into it better than I could. It basically says that it hasn’t aged well and that is part of the feeling that I’m getting with Mouse that in a couple years, even though she is a good character, she’ll feel dated.
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A Look at Disney’s LGBTQ Characters: The Characters of MCU
June 10, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
I’ll be honest in saying that this is one of two entries that I have not been looking forward to covering (the other being Star Wars). It’s less to do with the franchises and more so the toxic fans these franchises have. I love superheroes and I do love the MCU but it’s been lacking in the queer rep department. When one looks to the Arrowverse, it can be observed that this is an area where they have been blowing the MCU out of the water. For instance, they gave us the first trans superhero on tv played by trans actress, Nicole Maines as she plays Dreamer on Supergirl.
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A Look at Disney’s LGBTQ Characters: Sherri and Paula (The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers)
June 8, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
What comes to mind when you think of Disney sports movies? For many, it is probably The Mighty Ducks and its two sequels. Now, this past March a brand new show set in the world of Ducks debuted and at best, this show is an answer to Cobra Kai. It’s cute and fun, however, we aren’t here to discuss the new team but rather two of the moms of one of the new players.
Yeah, I gotta be honest and say that these characters get nothing to do. I give you Sherri and Paula, they are in so little of the show that I couldn’t even find a picture of them together online.
They seem nice but we really don’t get to know them, I mean their blurbs on LezWatch are more about their son than them. It’s frustrating. I mean I get that parents want to be proud of their kid(s) but there should be more to them than that. When the show first started, I was happy with the inclusion as it reflected the modern day but the problem there is that there are other Disney+ shows such as High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Big Shot, and Diary of a Future President doing this better. And you know why those characters are allowed to be their own characters and are able to explore who they are. Granted, all of those characters are teens whereas these two are already married but I still think something more could have been done with them.
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A Look at Disney’s LGBTQ Characters: Disney Launchpad Short Films
June 7, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
On the last Friday of May, Disney+ launched a collection of short films that serve as part of an anthology project called Launchpad. This project is meant to give directors that are so often ignored a voice. As noted in this piece from The New York Times.
the studio’s new initiative to support and uplift underrepresented filmmakers. Historically, Disney hasn’t had a strong track record for representation
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A Look at Disney’s LGBTQ Characters: Artie (Cruella)
June 3, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
Spoilers for Cruella. Cruella, the latest live-action offering from Disney is good for the most part. It’s fun and silly and doesn’t take itself too seriously. Having said all this, I do have my issues with the film, in particular the character of Artie. Artie has been promoted by news outlets (not Disney) as the first openly gay Disney character and well, if you’ve been following this series, you know that is not the case. However, Artie is played by an openly gay actor, John McCrea, and McCrea has confirmed that his character is gay.
It depends on who you’re asking I suppose – but for me, yes, it’s official: he’s queer,” McCrea explained.
Now, this isn’t a case of the LeFou exclusively gay moment that I kicked this series off with but I am still so mixed on this character.
For example one of the biggest things that seemingly tipped me off was Artie’s look as it was inspired by Bowie.
