Disney is givg the gays what we want wh Hoc Poc 2 and new Pri seri • GCN

Contents:

• WHY THE SANRSON SISTERS OF 'HOC POC' ENDURE AS GAY INS
• DISNEY IS GIVG THE GAYS WHAT WE WANT WH HOC POC 2 AND NEW PRI SERI
• ‘HOC POC 2’ OFFICIALLY STARTS FILMG

WHY THE SANRSON SISTERS OF 'HOC POC' ENDURE AS GAY INS

Hoc Poc is an inic Halloween film and the book is likely to garner a wi dience ( currently tops the Amazon chart for YA Gay & Lbian Fictn). We see a gay uple watchg the origal Hoc Poc on TV.

Wnie, Mary, and Sarah are mp queens embodied by gay ins. Though nearly everyone mak Hoc Poc a part of their annual spooky season viewg, no one gags as hard for the film’s tr of villas que like the gays. But jt what is about the famo sisters that mak them the five queens of Halloween for gay fans?

The mp sensibily, though sometim attributed to var popular culture artifacts, is a specifilly queer athetic traced to gay men’s relatnship wh classil Hollywood cema. To ll the Sanrson sisters mpy, then, is to attribute their appeal to gay fans, part, to their larger-than-life quali.

DISNEY IS GIVG THE GAYS WHAT WE WANT WH HOC POC 2 AND NEW PRI SERI

Of urse, the mpit scene the film, and therefore the one that most exemplifi the Sanrsons’ gay appeal, is Wnie’s “I Put a Spell on You” mil number. It is impossible to discs the mp appeal of “I Put a Spell on You” whout addrsg the extratextual ronance for gay fans found watchg Midler sg and dance. This troduc the send reason for the film’s populary among gay dienc: the actrs who embody the Sanrson sisters are embedd gay pop culture.

Midler famoly achieved gay in stat after she built a followg sgg gay bathho. Transng to beg an all-around talent of stage and screen, Midler has starred several gay favor (Beach remas a particularly beloved example) and remas an advote for the muny.

Parker has portrayed one of the most celebrated characters of the gay pop culture non, Carrie Bradshaw, the var eratns of Sex and the Cy, cludg the recent sequel seri And Jt Like That… Najimy has found gay fans throughout her reer, as well, om her performanc the Sister Act films to the recent gay holiday movie Sgle All the Way.

‘HOC POC 2’ OFFICIALLY STARTS FILMG

The actrs’ recurrence gay-appreciated or centric ntent mak them endurgly popular as stars for gay people, th also makg some of their most famo characters endurgly popular. Third, om an analytil perspective, is no surprise that gay viewers intify wh and fd joy characters who live on the margs of society.

Creatg fay an alternate kship formatn (three sisters who tend to live together eternally) wh a particular disda for tradnal fay stcture (evincg by their eatg of children’s souls), the Sanrsons’ liv are textually ronant wh those of certa gay viewers. Rather than intifyg wh the film’s protagonists, gay dience members are far more likely to root for the film’s villas, whose liv may echo their lived experienc. Consirg their mpy characterizatn, the gay appreciatn for the actrs who portray them, and their potential for empathetic intifitn, is no wonr that the Sanrson sisters endure as gay ins.

For perhaps the bt evince of the takg up of the Sanrsons the gay world, one need look no further than their prence drag culture. Even the thor of this piece himself, a certified gay™, has donned a red bouffant and heart-shaped lip to get to the Halloween spir.