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Pixar enters the real world with its first gay-themed story with gay lead characters. It’s only nine-and-a-half minutes long but, hey!
Greg and Manuel are living together but Greg isn’t out to his parents. Cue door-knock. Guess who’s arrived for a visit! Time to hide all the cohabiting evidence.
With a bit of Freaky Friday body-swap magic, Greg learns there’s nothing wrong with him, and mum and dad agree. It’s a well-used Disney device and works sweetly here.
It was made under Pixar’s SparkShorts banner and was written and directed by Steven Clay Hunter (Finding Nemo, Finding Dory, WALL-E, Toy Story 4) and produced by Max Sachar (Toy Story 3).
Company president, Jim Morris said, “These films are unlike anything we’ve ever done at Pixar…” Why’d it take so long, Jim? The latest study by the Gay And Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) found only
18.4 per cent of mainstream films in 2018 had LGBTQ characters. (9 mins,
31 secs)
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