Hence the decision not to include such a scene here. Though Federle credited titles such as “Andi Mack” and “Love, Simon” with helping introduce LGBTQ stories into the mainstream, he’s ready to carry the discussion past the “coming out” phase. “High schoolers are just feeling their feelings, and Carlos and Seb are doing the same.” “It’s all become much more normalized, and I think that’s really what the goal is,” Wylie said. Though Sofia Wylie, who plays triple threat Gina in “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,” has aged a few years since Cyrus first came out to her character, Buffy, in “Andi Mack,” she remembers being surprised by the overwhelmingly positive reception and has seen even more progress since.
“But I did read about it and how important this episode was going to be, so I wanted to watch it, and it was very emotional because I think it perfectly captured what that moment is to someone that age coming out at that time.” “Especially for a Disney Channel show, I wasn’t too sure what to expect going into it,” Rodriguez said. The tween series’ historic coming-out scenes garnered national media attention, “opened a lot of doors for storytellers in a younger medium,” like Federle, and brought Serafini to tears. It wasn’t until 2017’s “Andi Mack” that Disney Channel introduced its first gay main character in middle schooler Cyrus Goodman. " really shedding light as to what high school life is like right now and making sure that those kids that have never seen themselves onscreen have, finally, someone to connect to.” Gay marriage wasn’t legal, so even though it seems like that was 50 years away, it really wasn’t,” Rodriguez said. “I think we kind of forget where we were 13 years ago. Rodriguez also pointed out the different sociopolitical climate in which the original movies were made. streaming channel where they’re going to surprise viewers.” “I have an opportunity now on Disney+, which is, in its own way, trying to announce itself as being a. “Maybe 13 years ago it wasn’t, even then, the time to embrace that fully,” Federle said. “Today’s world” was the operative framework for approaching a kind of story that never played out in the earlier “High School Musical” films, despite many speculating - and hoping - that the franchise’s original choreographer character, Ryan, might be gay. We’re all just out here loving each other and minding our own business.” turn their heads or think anything different because it’s just today’s world. “Just the fact that they can go to the dance together at all and no one can. “I never felt comfortable enough to express myself in the way that I felt I could around my theater friends, and it’s just a really beautiful moment,” Serafini said. The two make up and share a sweet slow dance, capping a script that gave Serafini “chills” upon first read. In a touching plot twist, Seb joins his date, explaining that he had to deal with a brief crisis on his family farm. “‘Born to Be Brave’ became a kind of anthem, in the middle of this episode, to say you don’t need a dance partner to dance,” Federle said. With the help of his theater squad, Carlos summons the courage to take the center of the dance floor by himself (he is the choreographer, after all) to the tune of an upbeat self-love song, “Born to Be Brave.”
Fast-forward to the big night, when it appears at first that Seb stood up Carlos.
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