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The gay scene has been criticized by many people as being a few seconds, which was the bare minimum of what Disney could do in terms of representation. Sign in now. So that part was good. Producers David Hoberman. The biggest was director Joe Russo playing 'the first gaston character in the MCU', and it was a nameless character in a support group at the beginning of the movie.

However, that has felt like the bare minimum for some time. Where in the idea of "an exclusively gay moment" felt a little performative but on the right track, eight years later, even something as small as LeFou dancing with a man feels out of reach for Disney.

That “gay moment” turned out to be a fleeting shot of LeFou and Gaston dancing together at the movie’s end. Released at the apex of Disney's box office dominance, Beauty and the Beast saw Bill Condon, an openly gay filmmaker, remake the beloved animated film.

Lightyear 's box office performance and conservative outlets making a big news story out of a two-second moment had Disney ensuring that Pixar downplayed any potential queer-coded attraction from Riley in Inside Out 2. Beauty and the Beast. In the last few years, Disney has featured its first lesbian kiss, its first gay protagonist, and a couple of amazing queer personalities.

Condon joked about the moment being so brief, saying, "I never claimed it was more. And it was there because Howard Ashman wrote the original score, and there was a gay sensibility going on there. ‘Beauty and the Beast’: Josh Gad Plays Disney’s First-Ever Gay Character The "nice, exclusively gay moment gay a Disney movie" is a dedication to the animated film's late lyricist Howard Ashman.

We updated this article to include the most recent Disney queer characters. Condon said: "That was such a debacle because it was an offhanded comment in an interview with a gay magazine in London. Director Bill Condon.

Prequel s Beauty and the Beast. It was never intended that way. However, even before, there were several characters that were queer-coded or whose journey positively inspired many LGBTQ+ fans. In the new film, Josh Gad’s character LeFou -- a sycophantic henchman to the conceited Gaston, played by Luke Evans -- will be presented a bit differently from the animated version.

It was just the great inclusivity of a wonderful musical. Release Date March 17, Runtime minutes. To their credit, they did not edit Beauty and the Beast or Eternalswhich featured a gay superhero in Phastosmaking the movies unavailable gaston many countries.

Condon said:. The brief kiss between two women in 's Lightyear still manages to gain news as Snoop Dogg criticized the inclusion of a gay kiss. Bill Condon discusses the backlash over LeFou's 'exclusively gay moment' in the Beauty and the Beast remake and his intentions behind the scene.

Director Bill Condon looks back on the much-talked-about press and later criticism of 's remake of Beauty and the Beast 's "exclusively gay moment". Franchise s Disney. One of the most enduring and infamous moments in the film was what was described as "an exclusively gay" moment that turned out to be LeFou Josh Gad dancing with a man at the end of the film.

Strange World did feature a gay character in the form of Ethan Clade, who openly has a crush on a fellow male character. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter for his upcoming film, Kiss of the Spider WomanCondon revisited the much-talked-about "exclusively gay moment" quote.

Gad says in his book he felt the character was too peripheral to live up to Condon.