Not a film review, afterthought

Jazlyn 2022-04-19 09:02:42

After watching the movie, it feels like indigestion. Glen's radical views have always puzzled me. I know that the director obviously doesn't fully support his attitude. We should be able to know from Glen's quarrel with the straight man he mistakenly thinks of because of decibels and sexual orientation. But is there really such a huge divide between LGBTQ people and cisgender straight people? I was confused for a long time. Is it really reasonable for gender identity and sexual orientation to be a dominant identity? I think it's just a small part of people. Not to mention that domestic officials regard homosexuality as vulgar and obscene, Brunei also implemented stoning laws against homosexuals last year - sexual minorities are even regarded as obscenity and crimes by hatred. What really separates us is not sexual orientation and gender identity, but prejudice, arrogance, hatred and stupidity. "The feelings between people are not interconnected, I just think they are noisy." This is what makes me feel inexplicably sad.

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Extended Reading
  • Angie 2022-03-28 09:01:08

    From the balcony on the 14th floor, I looked at the background of your passing away, and sent you away from the platform. In fact, I didn't want you to leave. Although I will not say the words that I want you to stay, even though we have so much difference in concept, even though we have only known each other for two days, I will send you away, but I actually don't want you to leave. But in fact, what I'm more afraid of is that if you don't leave, we will even wipe out these two days.

  • Millie 2022-03-28 09:01:08

    #622|Complement. The more you look, the more you like it, how you see it.

Weekend quotes

  • Glen: It's like when you've had the same friends for too long, they become like - Everything becomes cemented.

    Russell: What? And that's a bad thing, is it?

    Glen: Of course, it's a bad thing. I don't want to be in fucking concrete, thank you very much.

    Glen: It's like they won't let you, they won't let you be any version of yourself except an old version, or the version that they want you to be.

  • Glen: Look. Straight people like us as long as we conform, we behave by their little rules. Imagine your friends if you suddenly started getting all, but really, political about being a fag, or you got suddenly, like, camp and swishy or talked about rimming all the time.

    Russell: [interrupting] But that's not what I'm like, is it? That's not who I am.

    Glen: Well, just trust me: They like it as long as we don't shove it down their throats.

    Russell: Okay, well, why should I just shove it down their throats?

    Glen: Because they shove it down our throats all the time: Being straight. Straight story lines on television, everywhere - in books, on billboards, magazines, everywhere. But, ah, the gays, the gays -

    [gasps]

    Glen: "We mustn't upset the straights. Shh. Watch out. Straights are coming.

    [lisping]

    Glen: Let's not upset them. Let's hide in our little ghettoes. Let's not hold hands. Let's not kiss in the street, no."