For your information, Mr. Eichner’s entire brand is offensive and pompous. Have you ever seen an episode of Billy on the Street? It is hysterical. I’m sorry that “Burbank” putting gay characters in films is so offensive to a supposed gay person. Hopefully they never do it again so you can live the rest of your life never seeing a gay character on the screen.Because of how offensive and wildly pompous Mr. Eichner was to pretty much the entire country, it actually does.
As for Strange World flopping? No, that doesn't make me happy. Because it's negatively impacting a company and studio and American icon that I care about. The failure of Strange World, and the overall direction that Pixar and Disney Animation are going in now, is very concerning to me. It's not a happy time in Burbank.
As I have stated approximately ten billion times, the innocent gay crush in Strange World comprises less than five minutes of screen time in total. It is no big deal at all. There is absolutely no reason why a gay teen character should not be included in a movie, when gay teens exist in the world, and there is absolutely no reason why a supposed gay man should be objecting to less than five minutes of screen time in a movie he has not seen.
I understand you like The Numbers site. I'm just stating that their tallies are not always accurate as they take longer to update.I love that The Numbers site because it allows you to compare/contrast various movies so easily. And breaks down individual countries box office so easily. It's fun!
Strange World had a budget claimed to be anywhere between $130 to $180 Million. If you split the difference and also say that it only had to make twice its budget to break even (being very conservative since the marketing was so weak), That would put Strange World's breakeven point at $300 Million.
At a roughly $60 Million take nearing the end of its theatrical run and relevance, it just cost Burbank about $225 Million. That's gonna leave a mark on the fiscal year.
Do you like any movies or tv shows with gay characters in them? Or do you just want to post charts over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again?Here's the extremely valid reason, that is indisputable as a concern for Burbank leadership right now...
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Those are simply the facts. Hard, cold, calculating facts that don't care one bit about feelings or artistic merit.
Mermaid has a “progressive flair” because it has a black actress in the title role?????????? That thread was locked due to all the bigots on here, by the way.
This post is just sad. A gay man lamenting the fact that gay characters are included in a movie.Agreed. It's very concerning and quite sad.
I'm actually more concerned about Wish than I am about The Little Mermaid remake. Wish was originally pitched to the fans as a love letter of sorts from Disney for it's 100th Anniversary. If it follows the trendy HR mandates again and has a Lesbian princess, or a gay pivot of any kind really, it's going to bomb. Again.
And as the 100th Anniversary animated film, that's going to be a tough thing to have happen to Disney and its legacy. Just sort of sad, really.
The actress who voices as the star of Wish is very vocal on Social Media about pushing gay boundaries in film and media and culture, so that's not a good sign. But money talks, and there's still time before Wish is released, so perhaps the progressive elements of the film will be removed and it will go a traditional Disney route. That might be the silver lining for Strange World's epic failure?
She doesn't have to have a prince, her pet goat could work instead. But I do hope they tread lightly with Wish.
Agreed. It's very concerning and quite sad.
I'm actually more concerned about Wish than I am about The Little Mermaid remake. Wish was originally pitched to the fans as a love letter of sorts from Disney for it's 100th Anniversary. If it follows the trendy HR mandates again and has a Lesbian princess, or a gay pivot of any kind really, it's going to bomb. Again.
And as the 100th Anniversary animated film, that's going to be a tough thing to have happen to Disney and its legacy. Just sort of sad, really.
The actress who voices as the star of Wish is very vocal on Social Media about pushing gay boundaries in film and media and culture, so that's not a good sign. But money talks, and there's still time before Wish is released, so perhaps the progressive elements of the film will be removed and it will go a traditional Disney route. That might be the silver lining for Strange World's epic failure?
She doesn't have to have a prince, her pet goat could work instead. But I do hope they tread lightly with Wish.
No Queer as Folk, no The L Word, no Heartstopper, no Pose, no Special, no Love Victor, no Looking, no Tales of the City, no Boys in the Band, but yeah, you’ve got Leslie Gore. Got it.Off the top of my head...
Will & Grace circa 1998-2003 (before they got mean and snotty in their '17 season).
Schitt's Creek, which I will have you know I was watching immediately from the first episode on Pop before all the cool kids finally caught on by Season 2. Anything with Catherine O'Hara is mandatory viewing in my home, and has been since SCTV in the early 80's.
Dumpster Queens on YouTube. I also watched Go-Go Boy Interrupted on YouTube back in about 2019.
I do not watch Drag Race, but I absolutely LOVED the Drag Race recaps done by Damiana Garcia and Tanya Roberts as "RuPals". Much funnier than the actual Drag Race show.
I also could watch Drew Droege do his Chloe Sevigny impersonations for hours! I die.
I have been a Coco Peru fan for decades, and have seen her on stage several times.
The Match Game takeoff done in a bar that has a name I can't say here was hysterical in person!
Much of that stuff above is rated at least PG-13, if not R. If not R+ or outright obscene. But in the company of adults in the right environment, it's truly fabulous.
Lesley Gore. She's always been one of my favorites. I saw her at the Palm Springs Follies one year. Shameful that she was taken so young, and never was recognized by the awful people who run the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
