Apparently Scar from “The Lion King” is gay. So are Shere Khan in “The Jungle Book” and Jafar in “Aladdin.”
At least that what director David Thorpe asserts in his new documentary, “Do I Sound Gay?” A determining factor of the characters' sexual identity, he says, are the voices created by actors Jeremy Irons, George Sanders and Jonathan Freeman.
Thorpe's film, which premiered Monday night during the Outfest LGBT film festival and opens Friday at the Sundance Sunset Cinema in Los Angeles, explores the historical and cultural ideas behind what he calls “gay voice.”
The movie follows Thorpe as he tries to change his own voice with exercises from voice coaches.