http://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2022/06/16/producer-for-gay-teen-romance-comedy-says-series-move-to-disney-expands-our-audience-in-a-really-exciting-way/
The showrunnner of the gay teen high school rom-com series Love, Victor has praised Disney’s decision to move the show to Disney+ after first releasing it on Hulu, saying the family-friendly streaming service will give the show a bigger audience.
In an interview with IndieWire, Love, Victor head writer and executive producer Brian Tanen also attacked Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, calling the legislation “really terrible and draconian.”
Disney reportedly developed Love, Victor for Disney+ but ultimately chose to release it on Hulu, which is geared for older viewers, due to the show’s frank depiction of gay teen sexuality.
Starting today, the entire series, including the third and final season, will be available on both streamers.
“We’re excited to be on Disney+. It expands our audience in a really exciting way. Disney+ is a huge platform,” Tanen told Indiewire before segueing to the Florida law.
“I also think it’s especially meaningful in the current political climate, where state governments especially are enacting these really terrible and draconian laws, where they’re trying to suggest that gay topics are not appropriate for children,” he said.
“This ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill in Florida is what I’m specifically referencing, but there’s so many laws also targeting trans people and trans youth, and behind it all is this feeling of wanting to have these things be in the shadows instead of seen.”
He said he is excited that the gay show is now available on a streamer “that is totally affiliated with families.” ...
Hmmm ... I'm not so sure this is going to be the win/win this "guy" thinks it's gonna be. This might increase its exposure in the F&F community, which is what ... 2 to 3% of the American public ... but might cause a great deal of revulsion in the remainder of the population ... namely, with parents ... who, like me, will decide that Disney - in any form whatsoever - is no longer worthy of receiving any of their hard-earned money at all. Seems like this could easily be a net loser to me.
My wife told me the other day that my son asked if we would be interested in going to Disney World with them when my granddaughter gets a little older. My response was that we will happily go on a vacation with them, BUT we are not spending so much as a dime on Disney and will not be going through their gates.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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