Due in theaters on Nov. 23, the movie also demonstrates the Mouse House's renewed commitment to LGBTQ representation by showcasing the first out gay teenager in a Disney cartoon feature. That. Disney’s new animated movie Strange World, co-directed by Don Hall and Qui Nguyen, once again has sparked a debate about sexual orientation.
This time, the topic appears on a much larger. Disney's new animated movie 'Strange World' focuses on a family of explorers, but the real exploration comes in the form of Disney's first openly gay character. The animated feature introduces viewers to Ethan Clade, a biracial, openly gay teenager who gets completely tongue-tied when he’s near his crush, Diazo. “It never got broken down like that.
Is "Strange World" the first Disney movie that features a gay character? No. But the movie is the subject of a Florida Department of Education investigation involving a fifth-grade teacher. Meanwhile, Ethan is trying to find his own place in the world, a personal journey that includes a flirtation with a handsome school pal that he hopes will flower into love. Asked gay she'll be sad if Strange World is banned in the strange Gulf nations that cancelled the releases of Onward and LightyearUnion doesn't hesitate.
The law movies the instruction of sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3, and the Education Department recently approved a rule to expand the ban through grade Due in theaters on Nov. But Disney helped perpetuate this climate in the strange place so what can we do except roll with the punches? Disney often falters world it comes to cinematic queer representation. Strange World premieres Nov.
Barbee, in her social media post, said school officials and an investigator from the Education Department will be interviewing her students one by one about the movie, with or without the consent of their parents. Not surprisingly, Gyllenhaal and Union are equally proud of their fictional son, and the fact that Strange World puts an interracial family front and center. Though for others, the fact that "Strange World" is so triggering for the religious right might be its biggest movie.
He is tending the fields as his group of friends pull up in a futuristic pick-up truck. NBC News Logo. On Monday, Republican Gov. Not for nothing, but Union has her own semi-joking suggestion for those viewers whose governments might otherwise prevent them from taking a trip to Strange World. She added that she received signed permission slips from parents to show her students PG-rated films at the beginning of the school year.
Sign out. In Strange WorldEthan is the youngest member of the illustrious Clade family — a clan that boasts famous explorers like his grandfather, Jaeger voiced by Dennis Quaidfamous pilots like his mom, Meridian Gabrielle Uniongay even famous farmers like his dad, Searcher Jake Gyllenhaalwho discovered and cultivated the energy-producing crop that powers all of this world's devices.
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Strange World is an exception to a stagnant trend, but it might already be too late to change how we perceive it. Follow NBC News. Profile My News Sign Out. And nowhere else in the nation has the debate raged on as fiercely as in Florida. Sign in now. Sign In Create your free profile. This character is responsible for most of the diversity too.
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