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DARK SECRETS: Pixar chief says lgbtq plot elements cut from elio as company is not making therapy | Rare Historical Photos

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Elio recorded Pixar’s worst ever box office. — Elio recorded Pixar’s worst ever box office. Photograph: Pixar/AP

Pixar chief creative officer Pete Docter said that the reason why LGBTQ+ plot elements were removed from the company’s 2025 film Elio was that Pixar is “not [making] therapy”.

Docter was speaking to the Wall Street Journal in the wake of the successful release of Pixar’s latest film Hoppers, which opened at No 1 at the North American box office this weekend.

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