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‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ Teases Queer-Coded Characters To Modernize The Franchise

Actors Mckenna Grace and Emily Alyn Lind embody characters who share an otherworldly relationship in the fifth Ghostbusters film…

Warning: Spoilers ahead

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire iced its way into show theaters last weekend, proving there might still be some juice left in the 40-year-old franchise. The fifth installment in a motion picture series that prides itself on entity a direct sequel to 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the fresh film reeks of nostalgia as it provides enough business to soothe childhood souls with more playing time from franchise originators Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, and Annie Potts. However, it is actors Mckenna Grace and Emily Alyn Lind who often plunder the movie with a subplot caked in mystery.

The production leans heavily on the supernatural through the use of an ancient spherical artifact that houses the evil essence known as Garraka. New and elderly Ghostbusters investigate the artifact’s origins while Phoebe (Grace) has been sidelined by her mother (Carrie Coon) and stepfather (Paul Rudd) for being too little to be a Ghostbust

‘Frozen Empire’ Star Mckenna Grace on the Saga of Phoebe Spengler, the Definitive Hero of ‘Ghostbusters’

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When Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan first conceived what would become 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, their top order of business was to reframe the franchise around a 12-year-old girl with a proton pack. Well, since then, Mckenna Grace has proven time and time again that her co-writers/directors made the absolutely right choice, as her fan-favorite character of Phoebe Spengler is currently the definitive hero of the Ghosbusters franchise.

In the Kenan-directed Afterlife sequel, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, it’s been two years since Phoebe led the Ghostbusters to victory over Gozer at Egon Spengler’s Oklahoma farm, and she and the rest of the Spengler-Grooberson family are now full-fledged Ghostbusters, operating out of the famous New York Municipality firehouse from Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989).

But early on in Frozen Empire, the Ghostbusters’ pursuit of a ghost causes some of their signature damage to the town, and an old foe, William Atherton’s Walter Peck, who went from EPA Inspector to NYC Mayor,

‘Ghostbusters’ Emily Alyn Lind Is Aware of ‘Frozen Empire’s Lgbtq+ Subtext

As a lifelong Ghostbusters fan, I was delighted to see the latest film in the storied franchise, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire in theaters. And as a queer person, I was doubly thrilled to view the makings of a queer relationship between ghostbuster Phoebe Spengler (Mckenna Grace) and teenage ghost Melody (Emily Alyn Lind).

While their association remains subtextual, apparent signs point to the characters’ queerness. From their meet-cute to their almost kiss, Frozen Empire leaves their association open to perception. LGBTQ+ folks include a long and storied legacy of finding queer subtext in, well, almost anything. And Frozen Empire doesn’t disappoint. At one indicate, Phoebe extracts her soul from her body just to share a plane with Melody. And I thought the only queer ghostbuster we’d ever earn is Kate McKinnon’s Jillian Holtzmann from Ghostbusters: Answer the Call.

Lind discussed Melody and Phoebe’s partnership in a fresh interview with the Hollywood Reporter, saying:

“Phoebe and Melody are cut from the same cloth in a lot of ways. They’re bo

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Carries Over A Disappointing Diversity Issue From The 2016 Reboot

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Frozen Empire has the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score in the Ghostbusters franchise, criticized for its crowded cast and nostalgic attention.
Phoebe's potential intimate relationship with Melody is left ambiguous, leading to accusations of queerbaiting in the film.
The movie's tentative handling of LGBTQ+ representation reflects a wider issue in Hollywood of not committing to diverse storytelling.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empirepushes the franchise in a new direction, yet it shares a frustrating issue with the 2016 reboot movie. The fifth film in the franchise, which is currently in cinemas, has been met with a generally mixed response. Additionally, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire has the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score of any installment in the Ghostbusters franchise. While the majority of the criticism has focused on the movie's crowded cast and obsession with nostalgia, the fi