Sean Griffin Explained

Sean Griffin is a critical queer film theory scholar and professor at the Meadows School of the Arts.^{[1] [2] [3]} His work includes Tinker Belles and Evil Queens: The Walt Disney Company from the Inside Out, which was adapted from his dissertation.^[4]

Tinker Belles and Evil Queens

Tinker Belles and Evil Queens (2000) suggests that The Walt Disney Company, despite having a focus on heterocentric "family values" in its films, has long attracted gay audiences, particularly through queercoding and gay subtext of its films.^{[5] [6]} It was described by journalist Nico Lang of Harper's Bazaar as "the book on the gay history of Disney".^[7] According to Jonathan Alexander, Griffin argues that Disney did this out of economic considerations of LGBT consumers paying for Disney products.^[8]

In 2023, Hbomberguy accused James Somerton of plagiarising text from Griffin's Tinker Belles in one of his YouTube video essays.^{[9] [10]}

Select publications

• Book: Griffin . Sean . Tinker Belles and Evil Queens : The Walt Disney Company from the Inside Out . 2000 . . 9780814738702.
• Book: Benshoff . Harry M. . Harry Benshoff . Griffin . Sean . America on film: representing race, class, gender, and sexuality at the movies . 2004 . . 9780631225829.
• Book: Benshoff . Harry M. . Harry Benshoff . Griffin . Sean . Queer Images: A History of Gay and Lesbian Film in America . 2005 . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers . 9780742568570.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sean Griffin . 2023-12-30 . www.smu.edu . en.
2. Web site: Sean Griffin . 2023-12-30 . www.cmstudies.org.
3. Web site: Sean Griffin State University of New York Press . 2023-12-30 . sunypress.edu.
4. Book: Griffin, Sean P. . Tinker Belles and Evil Queens . 2020-06-05 . New York University Press . 10.18574/nyu/9780814738719.001.0001 . 978-0-8147-3871-9.
5. Harry . Joseph C. . Tinker Belles and Evil Queens: The Walt Disney Company from Inside Out (Book) . . 2002 . 79 . 1 . 258–261 . 1077-6990.
6. Herren . Greg . Greg Herren . The Lavender Mouse . . 2000 . 8 . 12 . 29.
7. Lang . Nico . Disney's Long, Complicated History with Queer Characters . 30 December 2023 . . 21 March 2017.
8. Alexander . Jonathan . Jonathan Alexander . 2001 . Family friendly? Tinker Belles and Evil Queens: The Walt Disney Company from the Inside Out . The Lesbian Review of Books . 7 . 3 . 14 . . ProQuest.
9. Web site: Villarreal . Daniel . 2023-12-08 . Popular gay YouTuber deletes online presence after video accuses him of rampant plagiarism . 2023-12-30 . LGBTQ Nation.
10. Web site: Alter . Rebecca . 2023-12-22 . Hbomberguy Didn't Want to Make That 4-Hour Plagiarism Video . 2023-12-30 . Vulture . en.