Why did the villain have to be gay?
What was the point of making King Candy effeminate? Would he have been any less effective a villain had he been straight?
shareHe's not gay. Why the fack does everybody has to be gay?
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He's effeminate because his name is King Candy. You'd expect him to have a little sugar in his tank.
shareWhat about the sour candy guy? He had a different voice and some odd mannerisms too, is he gay? Or what about Vanelope? She talked w/ a little lisp, is she a lesbian?....
I don't think it'll be too far down the road when gay cartoon characters in family movies will be shown, but I'm telling you right now, when it happens, there will be NO way for you to think otherwise... It will be clear..... The writers and artists will make it clear, you won't have to think about it, they won't want to make it a guessing game....
It is the year 2005. The Decepticons have conquered the Autobots home planet of Cybertron.
A lisp is a stereotypical trait for a gay male, not a gay female.
This whole discussion is dumb as hell though, it's a damn animated movie, no political statements were being made.
King Candy was gay?
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You're implying he was effective as a villain to begin with, which is not the case.
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The voice of the villain sounded like the Mad Hatter to me, or lots of other typical cartoon voices. He clearly was meant to sound like he came from a tradition of cartoon voices and was not sexualized in either direction. If the Fix-It Felix character didn't end up married to the Hero's Duty lady I would have thought they were both gay characters. He was more effeminate than the villain and she was the most masculine character in the movie.
shareThe voice of the villain sounded like the Mad Hatter to me, or lots of other typical cartoon voices. He clearly was meant to sound like he came from a tradition of cartoon voices and was not sexualized in either direction.
I also thought Mad Hatter and some other typical cartoon voices. I never thought of the character as gay or heterosexual.
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OP - Maybe you're projecting homosexuality on him?
I agree, he had a Mad Hatter daffiness to him, but not necessarily a gay vibe.
Picture the Mad Hatter hitting on women. That's what King Candy* would be like.
*I know.
did they ever say he was gay?
King Candy is hardly gay, I think that they were going for quirky and goofy with this character, and if he accidentally turned out gay, well I don't see a problem with that.
It is certainly not a thing that would make a major influence on the storyline...
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I didn't read him as effeminate, and I don't think anything about him was intented to indicate his sexuality. Maybe he was gay, maybe he wasn't, but either way it's completely irrelevant to the movie's story and his role as the villain in it. You might as well accuse the filmmakers of vilifying anyone who talks like the Mad Hatter.
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King Candy was not gay.
As others noted, his physical appearance and voice was based on Ed Wynn who also voiced the Mad Hatter in "Alice In Wonderland".
The reason the character acted the way it did, is because the character was trying to act like he belonged in the game "Sugar Rush".
Take the first castle scene for instance. Ralph accuses King Candy's decorative tastes for using the color pink, which he tries to defend as being "salmon".
Thing is, sure he was able to make Venellope a glitch and lock away the other character's memories, but it would've been superfulous for him to alter the landscape, the castle, and so forth. The Castle was suppossed to be Venellope's.
Turbo had to play the part of a ruler over pretty much Candy Land, it's not like he could "not fit in" and go unnoticed. Especially if other game characters from other games came into Sugar Rush the way Ralph did.
Slight change of topic- could someone please tell me what about Felix makes him seem gay? Why is it that his genuine romantic attraction to Calhoun is the only thing that convinces some of you that he's not?
Yes, he's terminally polite and overly cheery, but how does that automatically translate to being gay?