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Last night there was a candlelight vigil held at the Magic Kingdom at park close to honor the victims of the Pulse massacre. It was unofficial and not sponsored by Disney in any way. And yet, Disney showed their solidarity and respects in a uniquely Disney way.
After the nightly “Kiss Goodnight,” the atmosphere music was shut off and all of Main Street was cloaked in dead silence as hundreds of people held candles, phones, and glow sticks into the air. And then, in an unexpected show of support, the colors of the castle changed from red to yellow, then green and blue and finally purple.
Disney also allowed working cast members to attend in costume and even shut down a few of the Main Street shops. Emporium cast members, who lost one of their own in the shooting, stood directly in front of the castle with a heart made of glow sticks. Inside the heart, among the candles, were trinkets and small things that cast and guests left to show their respects such as stickers, celebration buttons, maps, even Photopass cards and Mickey ears.
As guests exited the park, they were handed rainbow Mickey pins or Mickey love pins by working cast members. And cast members who left through the tunnels were handed rainbow Mickey antenna toppers.
I cannot put into words how comforting and important it is to see Disney showing their support for the LGBT+ community. They didn’t have to acknowledge the vigil at all but they did and they made it more magical than anyone expected.
Hunchback of Notre Dame pitch meeting
“I’m talking SEXUAL LUST. I’m talking GENOCIDE. I’m talking heavy RELIGIOUS OVERTONES. also there’s gonna be a George Costanza gargoyle for the kiddos”
#so in the directors commentary for the movie#during the iconic hellfire scene where frolo is singing about his evil hard on for esmerelda #the animators were like #‘they’re never gonna green light this segment so let’s just make it as intense as possible bc why tf not’ #and the#the studio was just like ‘yeah sure looks fine’ #and all the animators were like ’????? ’#but then they were like ’!!!!!!!!!!!’
Poster for Disney’s Queen of Katwe starring Lupita Nyong’o officially released, trailer to be released tomorrow
Based on the nonfiction book “The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl’s Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster” by Tim Crothers, the film is directed by Monsoon Wedding filmmaker Nira Nair. Queen of Katwe will open in U.S. theaters on September 23, 2016.
With the hashtag #GiveElsaAGirlfriend, Twitter users are campaigning for Frozen 2 to declare Elsa the first openly LGBT Disney princess. Sign me up. (via the Independent)
