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Luca's Gay Romance Is Finally Canon, But Should Acquire Been All Along
Luca is an animated film that can be interpreted in myriad ways. Director Enrico Casarosa is outspoken about the Pixar production entity inspired by much of his own upbringing, while its themes of new children who can remain as either humans or sea creatures evokes themes of LGBTQ+ identity and the world’s prominent refugee crisis. Like many films of this ilk, your interpretation is oftentimes valid, even if not necessarily canon to the wider story, which in this case caused an uproar when it comes to two of its main characters.
Titular protagonist Luca Paguro and childhood friend Alberto Scorfano have long been keen to explore beyond the sea they were raised in, to unearth what wonders the human world will hold, despite the fact their correct identities might never be accepted. The duo interact with each other constantly throughout, growing their lifelong friendship through hardship, adversity, and new companions who call the land abode. Through the film’s dialogue, themes, and even the animation, it can be easy to read Luca as a queer story, one where its main characters try to arrive to terms with no
'Luca' proves Disney's Pixar wasn't brave enough to fully commit to its first queer animated film
Pixar's charming new movie "Luca" breezes through gorgeous animation and a quaint story twin with a quietly strong message — one of acceptance that speaks to a lot of lgbtq+ people.
While the implications of queerness are there, particularly in the friendship between Luca and Alberto, it's disappointing that Disney's Pixar wasn't brave enough to fully commit to its first queer animated tale.
Alberto and Luca's relationship is laced with gay subtext
Luca is immediately taken by the free-spirited Alberto when he meets a fellow sea monster off the coast of Portorosso.
They're casually physical with each other, sleeping side by side under a star-filled sky, wrapping their arms around each other's waists, and watching the sunset together. In fact, they consume a lot of the film embracing each other — teasing that their relationship could blossom into something more.
Their relationship matures further during the finish scene, when Alberto chooses to stay behind in Portorosso while Luca gets on a train to leave for school. Their touching farewell h
In May, my friend and I were taking a walk when she started excitedly telling me about Pixar’s newest film, “Luca,” which would be released in a few months. As she told me more about the trailers she’d seen, I was intrigued. Sea monsters that can become human when dry but change support to sea monsters when they get wet? Gorgeous animated shots of the Italian Riviera? Young friendship with mild gay undertones? When the release dine came, I was perfectly happy to pull expose my laptop and delight in a tight 95 minutes of friendship and joy. Luckily, Pixar’s 24th feature-length film was just as wonderful, if perhaps a bit different, than I’d expected.
The story focuses on Luca (Jacob Tremblay, “Room”), a young sea monster living with his family in an underwater people on the Italian Riviera. Luca’s life consists mostly of being a fish shepherd (fishherd?), trying to please his family and dreaming of the surface, while also being deadly scared of the area monsters — humans — who inhabit it. Go in Alberto (Jack Dylan Grazer, “It”), another young sea monster who shakes up Luca’s safe, albeit lifeless, world.
Luca and Alberto bond over a love of Vespa scooters and the desire to explore the
'Luca' director admits they 'talked about' making the leads gay but decided to focus on a 'pre-romance' friendship
Since the first trailer for Pixar's "Luca" came out and showed two boy sea monsters who befriend one another as they try to be accepted above the sea in a small Italian fishing town, it has resonated with the Gay community.
Watching the close partnership the main characters Luca and Alberto have, many even went and declared it the animated version of the gay coming-of-age 2017 drama, "Call Me by Your Name," starring Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer.
Though "Luca" director Enrico Casarosa has always said while doing press that the story is based on his straight bond with his best ally growing up in Italy, in a recent interview with The Wrap he did admit that for a moment while developing the story they wondered if Luca and Alberto should be more than just friends.
"We talked about it," Casarosa said of the two having a romance. "I think the reason probably we didn't talk about it as much and, to a certain degree, we're slightly surprised by the amount of people talking about romance, is that we were really focusing on
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