BenMar 10

Obviously everyone involved in this is trash, but I enjoyed that one of the elements that identified the character as queer coded was that he had a pink bike. And they were like..... This movie isn't doing well with audiences. Must be the pink bike. This is what happens when decisions are made by focus groups instead of real people.

Pete Docter Says Pixar Cut LGBTQ Storyline From ‘Elio’ Because ‘We’re Making a Movie, Not Hundreds of Millions of Dollars of Therapy’

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/pete-docter-pixar-lgbtq-storyline-elio-therapy-1236681692/

Pete Docter on Why Pixar Cut LGBTQ Storyline From 'Elio'

Pete Docter says Pixar cut the LGBTQ storyline from 'Elio' because 'we're making a movie, not hundreds of millions of dollars of therapy.'

Variety
JesseMar 10
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@TheBreadmonkey As someone else has pointed out, this is literally the studio (and guy) which made Inside Out and Inside Out 2, which claims it’s not making therapy.
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