Dreamworks Madagascar: A Little Wild Introducing Nonbinary Character in Pride-Themed Episode
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Madagascar: A Little Wild will be making history in its upcoming third season, with the introduction of the franchise s first nonbinary character. The character, an Okapi named Odee, will debut in the Pride-themed episode Whatever Floats Your Float , which will debut as part of Season 3 on both Hulu and Peacock later this week. Odee will be voiced by nonbinary actor Ezra Menas, who uses zie/hir/they pronouns, and is best known for hir work on Broadway s
Jagged
West Side Story. The episode will also feature an original song called Be Proud , the full version of which will be available to stream on Friday.
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Madagascar: A Little Wild is kicking off Pride Month with a Pride-themed episode and brand new original song “Be Proud!”, featured among the series’ newest episodes premiering on Peacock and Hulu on May 27. The episode and colorful anthem features new habitat resident and nonbinary character “Odee Elliot” the Okapi and is voiced by nonbinary actor Ezra Menas (Spielberg’s
West Side Story, Broadway’s
Jagged Little Pill, pronouns: zie/hir/they).
“If I would have seen this when I was a kid, I don’t even know what I would’ve done,” Menas said in a statement. “This kind of acceptance and love and celebration, I think, is the biggest takeaway from this episode. It’s just a beautiful thing. Makes me cry.”