Why do so many Disney villains sound "gay"?

If you listen closely to just about all voice actors, the secret to their success is that they enunciate to the max, and to enhance the speech with great elan, spirit, vivacity, ardor, dash, gusto, verve. Almost like a singing style of delivery without music. Like gays.

This whole thing disappointingly leaves out Ursula from The Little Mermaid. who is a fantastic example of a man-hating bull-dyke – and a great villain.

The villains are the best thing Disney films have going for them. Which might be why I haven’t liked the most recent crop of them. Brave didn’t even have a villain, really.

I enunciate in my speech.

I guess that’s the gay side of my bisexuality.

I thought it was due to my desire to be easily understood.

Oh well. Now I know.

@Seek

Disney’s Mary Poppins didn’t have a identifiable villain either. Though I believe the villain was boredom.

This is not exclusive to Disney, most movie villains are as camp as xmas, Kevin Spacey in Seven…(helllllllllohhhhhh ducky) all the Bond bad guys & don’t get me started on Javier Bardem in NCFOM…(yoo-hoo, that hair simply has to go darling)

@usedstokeeehpoo The villain in Poppins was most certainly Van Dyke’s cockney accent

^ “No Mister Bond, I expect you to dye.”

Goldfinger used that laser for anal bleaching, i’m 74% sure of it

Maybe because most Disney animated movies are designed to appeal to children, and soft, high pitched voices are soothing?

Scar certainly wasn’t gay in Lion King he was one bad kitty.

My first thought is it may (subconsciously?) have something to do with projecting and/or reinforcing homophobia.

Oh, those voices have been there from the beginning, starting with Mickey Mouse. Maybe Disney was gay? Maybe he was trying to make being gay OK and mainstream?

Ursula was in link #1, @Seek and Scar was featured in link #2, @Coloma.

I think back to the Batman TV show and most of the villains there were very gay. Granted Burgess Meredith did a pretty straight Penguin, but I’m not sure how you can prance around in green tights, talking in rhyme (The Riddler), and not come off as gay.
Nice shoes?

So…what’s the difference between acting gay and acting like a woman?

OMG..Ursula, she was scary! Definitely a drag queen. lol

Can we mention how many have English accents? Or other foreign accents? The bad guys always seem to be out-landers.

That’s a good point, too, @cazzie.

Maybe the whole thing just boils down to “Whatever it takes” to make a character pop out at you. Drawn as much attention as possible.
How is it they failed to use the orange pompadour?