Alex Lawther is a freak again, he went from a violent kinky boy in "Fuck the World" to a little brother who loves transvestites this time, it was a sweet short play, and this is a Cool movie.
Billy in the film is a transvestite lover with divorced parents and a wealthy family. On his first day of school, he was teased and isolated by his classmates because of his weird clothes, but he was a brave man, he still insisted on his own style, and it didn't take long for him to have a "campus star" that everyone loved - the little flip Come and be friends with him. The first half is a standard warm and touching film-style opening, and it is mixed with various gorgeous and even exaggerated costumes and makeup, which has the momentum of grandstanding. But as long as you get past this beginning, everything after that starts to get better.
Billy was educated by his mother since childhood: if life kicks you, you kick higher . When he grew up, he became a person who dared to express himself. He was a transvestite. When he went to school, he was mocked and isolated by his classmates. It didn't matter. Even after his friend, a little flip, told him to learn to try to make some changes, so he changed into a sweater and jeans. But he still maintains his hobbies in his heart and dances freely in his favorite clothes.
Billy keeps telling everyone with his actions, I'm not a freak, I'm not gay, I'm not anything, I'm just me. What he pleases has always been himself, and what he has done has always been his true self. At this time, I understand why Little Flip is willing to be friends with him, because it is too admirable and enviable. It is easy to be yourself, but for us in adolescence (perhaps longer), it is not easy.
We have been taught since childhood to be in line with the "children's family", to be obedient and obedient, to go to a good school, choose a good major and find a job that pays more money, even if we find it boring and uninteresting. .....So we voluntarily or were forced to put on various masks, and people like Billy who dare to "be themselves" are cool and envious in my opinion. Therefore, I also particularly like the speech of Billy during the campaign in the film, which is specially excerpted here. Here is the original text:
Now, my outfit tonight may be shocking to many of you. Of course, I could have put on a fancy dress and satirized Lynette here and made you realize how much you wanted to kill me, and maybe you'd vote for me to comfort your conscience. But not so, I have now shed all my usual eye-catching attire and stood before you with only this unadorned face. And this is to tell you that I am not so different from you. Although you have stated it several times, even though I have stated it many times.
You can call me a freak, yes, no problem, I'm who I am. You're all freaks too, I mean, look at yourselves, isn't that what a teenager should be like? We are all anxious, I think, about whether we'll fit into the group; about people who will reject us when they find out who we are, shrink back in fear and run away; worry about whether people will hate us. Those little secrets are always with us.
Each of us has a goal of flying, but some of us are flying silently in our hearts. So I beg you to take a look at that secret corner of your heart, that corner of your heart where the flags of eccentricity fly, and raise it, loudly, proudly.
You see, I know it's been a while since I came to this school, but now I want to call for a new tradition that's inclusive, it's receptive, it's tolerant. Love what you love, go your own way, and be yourself.
Tonight, I ask you one thing, please vote for me, for the freak in all of you, and for the freak standing in front of you, for the freak in each of you. That's all.
Although Billy did not win the crown in the end, this is more realistic, because the vision and attitude of the whole school can never be changed because of Billy alone, it must be changed by countless Billys. But when the classmates on campus stopped throwing ridicule and weird look at the cross-dressed Billy, this is the moment of a person's brave power to make a change, it is the moment of freedom.
We choose to dress to please ourselves, not anyone else. We choose hobbies to please ourselves, not anyone else. We choose to exist to please ourselves, not anyone else.
It is for us ordinary people, it is for LGBT people, it is for special lovers. It may be difficult to change the real environment and the overall view, and there may be many difficulties, scorn and even hate crimes, but please work hard, because life is short, please live for yourself.
Weird is quirky, and that's fine.
[Actually, I really want to write from the perspective of others and society accepting lgbt people, but that is another article. Changing the entire worldly vision is a long way to go. Let’s start with yourself. First, find yourself and live your life the way you want. 】
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