Not only homosexuals are qualified to evaluate same-sex film works, everyone will have their own interpretations, thus forming the sexual ideology of each audience and film creator about homosexuality. The statement that sexual ideology is currently highly recognized is social and cultural. , through organizations (such as families) and artworks (such as movies), to impose on people a specific view of what is considered correct sexual behavior, in layman's terms, if social organization (such as family or school), art If you think same-sex sexuality is okay with other products (such as TV or movies), then this concept will be instilled in your brain through elders or TV shows.
In sexual ideology, heterosexuality dominates, basically homosexuality is viewed from the perspective of heterosexuality, and movies are no exception. Sometimes gay people are portrayed in movies as vampires, mentally ill, and sometimes same-sex love is portrayed as tragic or sweet. Because gay movies are not just for same-sex groups to watch, the film industry is also developing the possibility of gay movies, which often include the sexual ideology that the director wants us to understand.
We may have just accepted the sexual ideology that heterosexuals bring us to homosexuals, but the emergence of gender identity disorders has blurred the boundaries of gender. The direct consequence of gender identity disorders is "transgender". Clothes and dresses of the opposite sex, that is, transvestites, some hope to make changes in both body structure and social behavior, which is equivalent to transgender people.
Brandon, the male protagonist of "Boys Don't Cry", disgusted his identity as a girl from the beginning, covering up all the gender characteristics that belong to girls. But the people around him don't think so. His cousin said that you can't admit that you are gay (dyke)? (Explain dyke, which means the male lead among lesbians), Brandon said that I am not gay (dyke). This question of my cousin is also a question of most viewers. From the perspective of heterosexuality, the men in the movie chased Brandon and shouted the word dyke at the beginning, so this part of the heterosexual people's definition of Brandon is homosexuality, from the perspective of homosexuality , the cousin called dyke, and only recognized Brandon's homosexual identity. They only judged from sexual orientation, so Brandon did not get recognition of his true gender.
So for gender identity disorder, we can't understand it from a heterosexual perspective, and we can't look at it from a homosexual perspective. What we can do, like director Kimberly Pierce, add a value from a heterosexual perspective to transgender. Orientation, embedded in ordinary people's emotions about gender identity disorder.
But for this kind of gender concept that is different from normal people, it is difficult for normal people to have a cognitive basis. For example, watching sports competitions, competitive sports actually have a certain distance from ordinary people. To be able to participate in competitive competitions requires excellent physical fitness. Systematic training, strong psychological endurance, ordinary people just watch through sports venues or live TV, it is difficult to put their own thinking or feelings, in most cases, athletes will be portrayed as simple-minded and well-developed images; the concept of transgender For ordinary people, there is a sense of distance. Such characters are often portrayed as criminals, psychopaths, anti-social extremists and other transgender people or people who try to transgender on the screen. This is a very camp attitude. Camp is a critical attitude. It does not regard the text as a reaction to reality, but a series of words that keep a sense of distance from reality. The construction of words, images, and sounds, in Camp's opinion, replaces transgender characters on the screen with stylized images with a sense of distance and some harm to society.
So this film "Boys Don't Cry" completely broke Camp's point of view, brought transgender people into the lives of ordinary people, and explored the attitudes of ordinary people towards transgender people. On the one hand, it was adapted from real events to make heterosexual audiences understand It's easy, on the other hand Kimberly Pierce uses a key figure who can bring the heterosexual audience together with the transgender character - Brandon's girlfriend Lana, unlike the others, Lana seems to have no sense of distance from Brandon at all. A section of John and Tom controlling Brandon and forcibly exposing his sexual organs, John shouted: Come and see your little boyfriend, Lana has only one line when her emotions have collapsed: let him go, and then Brandon was killed by John I went to Lana's house after I violated Tom, but Lana's mother didn't want to accept him, or Lana said "he's hurt", three simple words, a simple word beginning with H, it can be seen that Lana has completely accepted him For Brandon, who wants to be a man, because she represents the heterosexual group in the character structure and is disadvantaged, it is easy for ordinary viewers to think from Lana's point of view. Lana, as a heterosexual, shows tolerance and love to Brandon, This is also what the film wants to express, evoking tolerance and love for transgender people in the heterosexual world.
There is also an interesting setting in the film. In his hometown, Brandon and his brother were only squeezed in a small truck and lived in poverty. Later, Brandon went to the unfamiliar town of Falls City to live in poverty. Lana did not go to school, but was busy in bars or factories. I want to leave this place all the time, my mother is at home all day, John and Tom really don't know what they do, which also alludes to the current living environment of transgender people, just like the young master in "Dallas Buyers Club" Transvestites can only feel at home in an AIDS patient organization. Everyone has their own insistence, and transgender people insist on survival. Therefore, for transgender groups who have both ambiguous gender and live at the bottom of society, and ordinary people. The sense of distance between people is quite large, and it is very difficult to get the understanding of ordinary people. It is perfect for a kind-hearted Lana who lives at the bottom to undertake such a task of connecting transgender people and the audience.
Brandon is the main line of the film. After all, the film is based on a real case of a transgender person. Hilary Wansk won the Oscar for this role. This is quite a remarkable achievement, and the last scene of the film is accompanied by Brandon's confession , Lana was driving on the highway leaving Falls City, and there was a relaxed smile on the corner of Lana's mouth. When a young man from a wealthy family was holding a book in the city to find a classroom for class or playing with his little boyfriend, Lana smiled. Na has gone through a tragic experience in her life and made the most important decision in her life so far. Lana's experience is essentially a depiction of the growth of teenagers, working as a young girl and falling in love with someone who shouldn't fall in love with her. , I want to leave this place that doesn't belong to me with my boyfriend, but everything I experienced during the period from falling in love with the man Brandon to accepting the gender identity disorder made it difficult for Lana to get rid of the status quo, but for the brave, this is just more Strengthening her determination to run towards freedom and dreams, navigating such a role has never been easy, and the Oscars gave Lana's Chloe Sevigny a supporting actress nomination for her performance. And Lana's casting is also very interesting. The director used a big skeleton beauty to contrast with Hilary Wansk's small size. This should be a vague treatment of gender characteristics, which is intended to make the audience not pay too much attention to gender. Focus on the emotion and inspiration infused inside.
"Boys Don't Cry" is a work completed by Kimberly Pierce with heterosexual sexual ideology after all. It is based on real events. The audience is actually mainstream audiences like us, but Pierce chose to get closer to the audience and convey his gender identity. Tolerance and care for barriers, and respect for gender awareness of transgender people. As for whether heterosexual groups can accept such groups, it is obviously not something that can be changed by a movie.
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