"Crossing America" is a journey of self-knowledge from the transgender theme
This is my third time watching this film completely and seriously. For the first time, I shed tears for such a strong, independent and brave woman; the second time, I was angry because of the incomprehension and acceptance of the law by my friends who watched the movie together; the third time, I was gratified by this journey.
In a special confined space, in just one week, the protagonist and his son experienced the turning and growth of their lives on the road. Transgender people and their sudden sons, from inexplicable, to gradual understanding, to conflicts and misunderstandings, to secret feelings and sincere confessions, and finally reached a reconciliation and chose love.
It's an incredible film with warm tones and breezy music on the fringes, and it addresses too many serious issues in a witty way (I really appreciate that):
1. With the development of the film, the protagonist has gone from giving people a "weird feeling", trying to integrate into the mainstream society and dressing himself more like a woman, to being alone but confidently moving towards the independence of the transgender operating table Women, this is the process by which the protagonist truly recognizes his transgender identity
2. When the protagonist brought his son to his friend's house of "a group of fake women", he felt panic, guilty, and afraid of being misunderstood. Her vision is a kind of discrimination that is concealed from the marginalized group and is hard to tell. On the contrary, the son showed tolerance and respect as an outsider at that time. This is a kind of self-denial, discrimination within the circle. From the son's point of view, the expression is acceptance of strangers. Here, it also reflects the double standard of unacceptable family members who are also transgender.
3. The reason why this journey is another self-identification journey is because the protagonist has experienced reconciliation and growth with his own identity twice during the journey. The first time is the identity change from "son" to "daughter", Although the protagonist's parents can't accept her and will blame her, the love is constant, and this is what I envy, a love of mutual respect, not a love of subordination, that is, I can not accept you and forgive you , but I still love you; the second time is the transformation from "father" to "mother", or it can be said that instead of becoming a mother, I have accepted my multiple identities and independent personalities, and can stand upright in my close relatives. In front of you, there is no concealment. love me, not because of other characteristics, but just because I am who I am
4. There is also the Indian cowboy met on the journey, without any purpose or requirement, unconditional love, which gives the protagonist comfort and strength. They don't know each other's "lowness", just because of the collision of two hearts, a kind of pure love was born.
Scene by scene, plot by plot, there are too many things that I like and identify with. In fact, what impressed me the most this time is a kind of innate and ubiquitous prejudice. What we can do is to respect and tolerate with love, and we must not let it develop into discrimination. Discrimination is a kind of self Closed and narrow performance. Of course, this does not mean blindly compromising, but a kind of love and respect that can withstand conflict, do not forgive, do not understand, and do not accept.
This is a film from 2005. Twelve years ago, I felt the director and screenwriter's thoughts on gender concepts, religious integration, freedom and respect. This kind of relaxed, independent, continuous self-knowledge and growth tone, I yearn for it, but unable to stay in the shackles of the inherent self-presupposition and social presupposition, life is not so comfortable and relaxed.
Fortunately, I know, all this is normal, it is normal psychology, and I am also working hard to become better and more relaxed.
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