Coco

The(ir) Blurb...

Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.

Pixar’s Oscar-winning animated film follows young musician Miguel as he accidentally stumbles into the Land of the Dead, and must get his family’s blessing to leave. There, Miguel meets Hector, who is initially dressed in disguise as legendary bisexual artist Frida Kahlo in an attempt to sneak out to the human world. A skeletal version of Frida herself shows up later in the film while working on a performance art piece. Though Frida was bisexual, nothing in the film’s fictional rendering reflected that reality. The situation is further confused as she is juxtaposed as a legend next to the fictional singer that Miguel has come to speak to, Ernesto de la Cruz. Given the lack of any onscreen confirmation of her identity and unique situation as the lone real figure painted on to this fictionalized world, GLAAD did not count the character in its tally. Kahlo has an incredibly interesting life story, and we’ve love to see her life explored further in other projects.

The out writer/co-director and out producer both spoke of the importance of representation during their Oscars speeches, and backstage when questioned about including LGBTQ characters in Pixar films said, “That’s a dream […] all of us would be very excited to have characters like that represented as a protagonist role.” We also hope to see this in Disney films, especially as their television side has begun to introduce queer characters like Cyrus on Disney Channel’s Andi Mack and included two moms in an episode of Disney Junior’s Doc McStuffins.

Nothing is sacred when it comes to GLAAD's whining. It's a goddamn kids movie...give it a rest! The majority of adults [who took their kids to see this] probably have no idea who Frida Kahlo is/was...and, probably don't care. As for the kids...well, let's just say they were totally bamboozled by the kaleidoscopic colours and an indecipherable plot!

The Frida Kahlo reference was nothing but an in-joke courtesy of the production crew...blink and you'll miss it! Good grief, you should be thankful that Frida was in the film rather than moaning about the brevity of her appearance!

There are much bigger issues with Coco than Frida!!!