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Disney’s ‘First Openly Gay’ Characters, Ranked (by How Embarrassed Disney Should Feel)
Disney’s history with queer representation on-screen is, diplomatically, dicey at best. The company’s slow arc toward introducing LGBTQIA+ characters in major roles and tentpole films has laid the groundwork for eventual substance, but here and now, they’re mostly half steps — half steps that, more often than not, are more embarrassing than they are meaningfully…
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Big Mouth’s Code-Switching Story Was a Fun, Wild Mess
After three filthy seasons of poking fun at the gross realities of being a stressed-out, hormonal teenager navigating the treacherous waters of junior high, the creative team behind Netflix’s Big Mouth finally came to their senses last year. They realised that Missy, one of the show’s leading characters of colour, embodied one of its biggest…
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U.S. Streaming Service Hulu Set To Pick Up Justin Simien’s New Horror Flick Bad Hair
One of the titles with a lot of energy coming out of Sundance this past week is Bad Hair, a new horror film from Dear White People creator Justin Simien. The satirical shocker, about an ambitious career woman in 1989 who gets a weave to succeed on TV only to find that the weave may,…