{"id":1755509,"date":"2022-11-29T14:48:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T19:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1755509"},"modified":"2022-11-29T14:48:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T19:48:21","slug":"no-pushback-producer-of-new-disney-lgbtq-fantasy-series-for-teens-discusses-paradigm-shift-of-acceptance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-pushback-producer-of-new-disney-lgbtq-fantasy-series-for-teens-discusses-paradigm-shift-of-acceptance\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No Pushback\u2019: Producer Of New Disney+ LGBTQ Fantasy Series For Teens Discusses \u2018Paradigm Shift\u2019 Of Acceptance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-pushback-producer-of-new-disney-lgbtq-fantasy-series-for-teens-discusses-paradigm-shift-of-acceptance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1755509&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Fresh on the heels of their high-profile box office flop \u201cStrange World,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/disney\">Disney<\/a> is gearing up to release another project for kids with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/lgbtq\">LGBTQ<\/a> storyline.<\/p>\n<p>The producer of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/television\">fantasy series<\/a> \u201cWillow\u201d spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23482754\/willow-2022-lesbian-romance-disney-kasdan-interview\">Polygon<\/a> about his decision to include a \u201cqueer\u201d romance front and center. The show begins streaming on Disney+ starting November 30. \u201cWillow\u201d is rated TV-14.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no pushback,\u201d Jonathan Kasdan told the interviewer when asked if there was any resistance to the central romance between two female characters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s interesting is \u2014 I hope and I believe we\u2019re at a moment where you\u2019re going to see a paradigm shift in that. And hopefully, the way that it\u2019s gonna happen is that these kinds of [queer] stories, particularly like this one, that were just organic to the narrative we were telling, find their way in, and it becomes less of a surprising and unusual thing to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWillow\u201d is loosely based on the 1988 fantasy movie by Ron Howard and George Lucas that didn\u2019t reach \u201cStar Wars\u201d levels of fame, but is still revered by many fans as a cult classic from the time. Kasdan accused the original of being \u201cnot very diverse\u201d due to the time it was made, which is part of the reason why he inserted an LGBTQ angle that wasn\u2019t previously there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 As we enter 2022, the world has changed, in the way we\u2019re absorbing entertainment, and the faces we\u2019re reflecting in entertainment have expanded enormously, and we hope the show can be growing as the world grows. Just as, frankly, the movie was,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>The Disney+ description <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/series\/willow\/PfeL8yCNXD3r\">says<\/a>, \u201cWillow, the legendary sorcerer, returns in a new series set many years after the events of the original film. Willow leads a group of misfit heroes on a dangerous rescue mission through a world beyond their wildest imaginations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the interview, Kasdan pointed to \u201cHarry Potter\u201d and even the Bible as being influences for the series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Critics will be watching closely to see how \u201cWillow\u201d performs after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/disneys-strange-world-on-track-to-lose-100-million\">massive failure<\/a> of \u201cStrange World.\u201d The animated film was released over the Thanksgiving holiday and underperformed expectations, bringing in just $11.9 million over the weekend ($18.9 million over the five-day holiday break) after adjusted forecasts predicted numbers closer to $40 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrange World\u201d will need to make $360 million just to break even, The Daily Wire originally reported. Some critics blamed lack of advertising and promotion while others pointed to the addition of an overtly gay teen character as being one reason for the flop.<\/p>\n<p>Something similar happened with Disney\u2019s \u201cLightyear\u201d when the studio insisted on including a same-sex kiss in the animated film as a form of protest for Florida\u2019s recently enacted Parental Rights in Education bill, which the media erroneously dubbed the \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Disclosure: The Daily Wire has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/videos\/introducing-dw-kids\">announced plans<\/a>\u00a0for kids entertainment content.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh on the heels of their high-profile box office flop \u201cStrange World,\u201d Disney is gearing up to release another project for kids with an LGBTQ storyline. The producer of the fantasy series \u201cWillow\u201d spoke with Polygon about his decision to include a \u201cqueer\u201d romance front and center. 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