Disney animator Andreas Deja, a 30-year veteran of the company, spoke with News.com.au about the idea of including same-sex parents in a future Disney film. Surprisingly, he thinks it could happen.
“Is there ever going to be a family that has two dads or two mums? Time will tell,” he said.
“I think once they (Disney chiefs) find the right kind of story with that kind of concept, they will do it.
“It has to be the right kind of story and you have to find that first.”
Screenwriters, start your engines.
If one gives an ounce of thought to all of the dysfunctional and fractured families that have populated Disney films over the years, same-sex parents will seem positively normal. As they should.