It simply isn’t fair to say “We’ve never asked any couples in our movies,” because that word right there, “couples,” proves that you have created couples in your films. I don’t want to be “allowed” to make assumptions just to make myself feel included, when I’m really not a part of the conversation to begin with. I don't want to look for "queer clues." I want out characters, just like I want characters who are in the closet, who have no concept of the closet, who are proud and truly, 100% themselves. I, personally, am sick of being expected to read into characters just to find myself fairly represented in the media. However, when representation of queer characters, let alone queer couples, is slim, it's hard not to turn to stereotypes as a means of finding validation and seeing ourselves in film. It's obviously problematic to assume that every woman with short hair is a lesbian, as Ellen, the voice of Dory, said herself. What better way to please both homophobic and queer viewers than to say they can be whoever you want them to be? It felt like queer-baiting at its finest. Stanton ended things by saying, "We have not asked that of any of the couples in any of our shots in any of our movies.”
There's no right or wrong answer," director Andrew Stanton added.
"They can be whatever you want them to be. "We never asked them," producer Lindsey Collins said on the red carpet at the film's premiere. When asked about the apparently lesbian couple in the Finding Dory trailer, those involved pretty much gave us nothing to go off of that felt real. So I was pretty irritated by the filmmakers’ lackluster response. It felt like, Finally! Finally we'regoing to see ourselves! Finally we're going to get representation in a mainstream film! (Because, seriously, who hasn’t been obsessed with Finding Nemo for the last decade!?) In a world where representation of queer folks in mainstream media is non-existent at its worst and lackluster at best, we were all obviously pumped to find out Disney was creating its first lesbian couple in Finding Dory, out this Friday.Īssumed to be queer based on apparently feminine characteristics of the two moms, many were beyond thrilled.
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