Hey there, it’s me. This is just me sharing my opinion on the new special since it panders towards me in a sense.

I agree with every point the special is making; not every movie needs to be this big preach.

Like, as a gay person, I’m tired of Disney, HBO, Netflix, all these big companies that make a blank state out of great material.

Of course there is great gay shows - (The Owl House, Atypical mm.) but those have something else to keep you watching where the gay is front and centre.

Let me use The Owl House as an example. A teenage girl is thrown into a world of demons and must traverse her way back to the human realm.

Cool plot point, right? However by Season 1 episode 16 “Enchanting Grom Fright” it’s made clear that there is going to be a lesbian relationship between the human girl and a demon girl name Amity.

However, they address this in Season 2, Episode 8 “Knock knock knockin on hooty’s door” where Amity and the human girl -Luz get together.

And that’s the last time that it was brought up and the show continued like normal, just with them being in a relationship

I’m getting sidetracked, my point is - there can be homosexuality and social issues in a show with out it “pandering”.

And it also feels like by Disney that they’re trying to “make up” for past homophobia so now they’re really just pushing gayness on to everything they can and use it as a sort of shield, if that makes sense.

Anyway, this is just one gay person’s opinion, feel free to comment your own - straight or not. If you read all this - thank you.

  • ConfidentReaction3@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    PUT A CHICK IN IT AND MAKE HER GAY!

    Jokes aside, I’m gay too. Personally, I love LGBT stories. I LOVED Rocketman, a whole damn movie about a gay musician.

    When Hollywood, Disney, all of that put gay people in things for the sake of diversity points, and censor it for other countries that don’t accept it, it’s obnoxious. It’s fake representation. That’s the pandering. Real representation is what is important.

    • Prudent-Feed-8488@alien.topOPB
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      1 year ago

      So true. Like don’t just write a gay character for pity or diversity points. Make them human, give them flaws, don’t just give them hardships.

      Like I said, Disney is just trying to make up for the homophobia they had in the past and they’re trying too fucking hard.