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How the animated 'Nimona' broke LGBTQ+ barriers and survived to tell the tale

Nimona in the movie“ Nimona.”.

LOS ANGELES — Netflix's animated "Nimona" is beautifully rendered, often hilarious, imaginatively set in a world straddling the Middle Ages and a sci-fi future, and powered by one of the year's more memorable vocal performances (Chloë Grace Moretz as the titular heroine). In it, a weird little punky girl with the power to assume any form comes to a formidable warrior (voiced by Riz Ahmed) on the verge of knighthood before being framed for killing the queen. Nimona wants to help him become a great supervillain, when he's really

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