Sexuality In The Movie Industry

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As the years progress societies views may change from being conservative to more liberal. Societies view on sexuality and a female’s role have changed throughout the years and this is evident in the movie industry. An example of this would be one of Disney’s classics Beauty and the Beast (1991) compared to their live-action version released in 2017. In the 1991 animated version, only heterosexual relationships were shown. Given the time it evident why this was. Homophobia was on a rise and reached its peak in the late 90’s. If a film were to show any other relationship that was not traditional the box office gross may not have been as high. As people became more accepting and view shifted when the 2017 live-action version was released

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