Cinema Promised to “Fast-Forward” Through Gay Kiss in “Lightyear”
Lightyear, which serves as a prequel to the Toy Story movie series.The sign, which was posted on the window of the 89er Theatre in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, over the past weekend, read: “Attention Parents: The management of this theatre discovered after booking ‘Lightyear’ that there is a same-sex kissing scene within the first 30 minutes of the Pixar movie.
We will do all we can to fast-forward through that scene, but it might not be exact.”Pictures of the sign were shared widely on social media, prompting some to call the movie theater to complain.Oklahoma resident Patricia Kasbek told NBC News she thought the sign was a joke when she first saw pictures of it posted to social media, but became outraged after learning it was real.
She called and left a message on the theater’s voicemail.“I told them that it was completely insulting for them to censor a same-gender kiss when they’ve never done this to an opposite-gender kiss,” Kasbek said. “I will never see a movie at this theater while under this ownership.”By Monday afternoon, the sign had been removed and the theater had apparently reversed course.
