The Little Mermaid’s Ursula has a resemblance to the famous drag queen Divine that’s been remarked upon plenty - even by her creators. While never directly stated, many of these villains have been drawn and voiced to mimic the body language and manner of speech of stereotypically feminine men and drag queens. (Though this isn’t just Disney - the trope has existed for years and transcends hundreds of different mediums.) The queer-coding of Disney villains has been under debate amongst Disney fanatics for years, with Jafar of Aladdin and Scar from The Lion King as two commonly-cited examples. This isn’t the first time Disney has placed LGBT characters as the enemy. The announcement that the nearly one-hundred year old company’s first openly gay character would be a villain’s foolish accomplice was underwhelming and somewhat offensive. Many have asked for years that Disney include an LGBT character in one of its films, which doesn’t seem too farfetched given Disney’s number of LGBT artists, but the company is still dragging its feet on inclusion where its competitors have excelled. This week’s Beauty and the Beast will feature Disney’s first openly gay character - but the excitement that followed director Bill Condon’s announcement quickly turned to frustration on the realization that this character would be Le Fou, Gaston’s bumbling sidekick.
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