“Russian officials are coming under pressure to check if Disney's new film Beauty and the Beast breaches the country's law against "gay propaganda".
One MP described it as "shameless propaganda of sin" and Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky said action
would be taken after the checks.
The live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast features Disney's first ever gay character and love scene.
A Russian law prohibits the spreading of "gay propaganda" among minors. “
“ Director Bill Condon has spoken of an "exclusively gay moment" in Beauty and the Beast.
It involves LeFou, who is a sidekick of the film's main antagonist Gaston.
LeFou, played by US actor Josh Gad, tries to come to terms with feelings for Gaston that swing between lust and admiration,
as a side-plot to the main story. [ Marmontel and Grétry circa 1740 ]
The movie is due to be released in Russia on 16 March. “
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Covered in Thread »It used to be so simple,
What a shame that our entertainment has to be tainted with such de-socialising politics!
