Beauty and the beast is gay

It’s certain as the sun — Josh Gad’s character in Beauty and the Beast is gay. In the live-action retelling starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens — Gad plays LeFou, the comical sidekick to. There was a great deal of controversy six years ago when Disney announced that the live-action remake film of Beauty and the Beast would feature the "first openly gay moment" in any Disney film.

The underwhelmed reaction has been to the so-called "exclusively gay moment" in the film, which has caused international controversy since director Bill Condon first mentioned it in an. And then, in the April issue of Attitude, director Bill Condon confirmed that Gad’s LeFou is, indeed, Disney’s first openly gay character.

What’s more, his sexuality may pay homage to one of. Disney's Beauty and the Beast is easily one of the greatest and gayest children's movies of all time. The company recently made headlines after deciding to include a single gay character in. Spoiler alert! The following contains spoilers for the remake of Beauty and the Beast. That's what many moviegoers are saying after seeing Disney's latest live-action remake, Beauty and the Beast.

The underwhelmed reaction has been to the so-called "exclusively gay moment" in the film, which has caused international controversy since director Bill Condon first mentioned it in an interview with Attitude magazine. This caused the film to get shelved in Kuwait and Malaysia , to be given a stricter rating in Russian theaters and to be boycotted by one Alabama drive-in.

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The "gay moment" that Condon was referring to is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot in the film's final seconds. LeFou, the villain Gaston's Luke Evans side-kick, dances with a man in the final ball sequence just before the credits roll. There are oblique references to LeFou's sexuality over the course of the film. He is portrayed as having something of an unrequited crush on Gaston, having euphemistic conversations about their relationship and looking longingly at him during the song Gaston.

Outside of LeFou, there is also a sub-text filled moment during the battle sequence in which the wardrobe Audra Mc dresses three men in women's clothes. Two of them run away in fear, while one appears happier in his new garb. This moment, too, is so quick and insignificant in the greater plot of the movie that many audience members may have missed it. After the film's big opening weekend, many moviegoers described the controversy as much ado about nothing.

Another said that the moment was "soooo overblown and is soooo not a problem" that "the world has gone crazy. Still, even the fleeting dance between Le Fou and another man was enough to cause spontaneous applause in some screenings of the movie, as multiple users reported on social media. Others who supported the film applauded how much money it was able rack in despite reported "boycotts.

Though the moment was well-received or underwhelming to many audience members, there were some in the LGBT community who thought the representation of a gay character did not go far enough.

Also LeFou is not gay enough," one Twitter user wrote. Facebook Twitter Email. Share your feedback to help improve our site!