Due to the strict anti-gay regulations in Russia, after the news of the existence of homosexual characters in the live-action version of " Beauty and the Beast " was exposed, the BBC reported that Russia may ban this Disney family movie. On Monday, the Russian cultural department announced that the film could still be released in Russia, but the rating was set at 16+, that is, minors under the age of 17 are not allowed to enter the theater to watch.
Disney movie rarely encountered such harsh rating treatment when it was released in Russia. Among the movies produced by Disney last year, the live-action movies "Alice in Wonderland 2" and "Fantasy Forest" were rated 12+ in Russia; while the ratings of " Zootopia " and " Marine Miracle " were rated 6+. The 16+ ratings of "Beauty and the Beast" will inevitably hit the film's box office in Russia. After all, underage audiences are one of the main consumer groups of Disney movies.
The famous Russian legislator Vitaly Milonov praised the grading of "Beauty and the Beast" by the Ministry of Culture. In an interview with Russian radio, he said: "Only adults have the ability to decide whether they are interested in going to theaters to see some perverts. The purpose of this movie is to instill new European norms of tolerance into our children, and it is normal to think of this kind of thing. But thank God, the Ministry of Culture has shown a citizen-centered attitude on this issue." In the live version of "Beauty and the Beast", Josh Gad, played by Josh Gad, will become the first gay character in Disney film history. He is the follower of the hunter Gaston , and he has a complex love for Gaston in the film. Although Gad is a heterosexual, Gaston's actor Luke Evans is a famous homosexual in the circle.
It is understood that this gay character is set to commemorate Howard Ashman, the Disney Meritor's musician and the lyricist of the original animation song "Beauty and the Beast". Howard is a homosexual. Unfortunately, before the original animation was released in 1991, Howard died of AIDS. He regarded the encounter of the wild beasts in the film as a "symbol of AIDS."
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