Queer Dreams Star Glitter

Toni 2022-10-19 23:01:44

During the year, directors in the film and television industry have expressed their opposition to Trump's racial discrimination policies through episodes. "American Fear: Evil Religion" gives people a sense of fear and despair through deformed psychology, triggering reflection on reality. The House of Evangelista in POSE brings us warmth and hope. It's really healing. Despite being set in the 1980s when LGBTQ people and black people were struggling, the characters on the show support each other and the ending is happy.


On the way to travel, I watched the first episode in the small bed of the youth hostel. The lights were shining brightly at the dance, and the queer bastards were fighting against the sky. Drag Queen is stepping on high heels, showing a perfect gesture with a wave of hands and eyes. On this stage, everyone is the most confident true self, and they enjoy the self-esteem and applause that they can't get in the white society during the day. Shining in the spotlight is no longer the sequins on clothes, but the dream and pride of the entire queer community.

The house of Abundance shows everyone the supremacy of "prom" in this community. In order to win the ball, the whole crew stole the royal costumes from the museum exhibition hall. Finally, under the shining light, he walked towards the shackles with an elegant and proud gesture. This kind of desperate attitude for victory is admirable.

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I have been thinking about whether they go to the dance to escape reality or to find the meaning of their existence. At that time, most of the black people were at the bottom of the society, and the white people's life was their dream. Most of the themes played in the ball are imitating occupations such as dressing up wealthy classes, respected doctors, and soldiers.

The family is a very important existence in the community. Queer people want to join a family and end the wanderlust. Blanca's dream was to create a legendary family. A true family must be based on love and mutual understanding. This is also the reason why Fury House finally failed. Lulu regards the family as a tool to gain fame and fortune, rather than a family that tolerates and cares for each other.

Reminds me of the small park in Bai Xianyong's "The Evil Son", the old coach can be regarded as Ah Qing's "father" to a certain extent, giving Ah Qing material and spiritual support. The difference is that there is no dance party in Taipei where they can escape from reality. The exiled "birds of youth" gathered in the small park have nowhere to live and are scattered everywhere. The times and environments in which the stories of "Pose" and "Niezi" take place are somewhat similar. Ah Qing is like Damon who was kicked out of the house by his father, but the ending is different. Yesterday Nuomi pushed me a song "underwater". At that time, I thought the lyrics were suitable for Damon, but now I think it is more suitable for Ah Qing.


Talk about the characters in the play and their sour lives off the stage.

Elektra (Erica) is tall and tall, the queen fan suppresses the audience, and the poison tongue skills are added to the full point! In fact, I hated her arrogant and selfish at first, but in the end I felt sorry for her. Elektra ****'s greatest wish is to become a woman with complete physical and mental integrity, but the gentleman and white gold owner who can take care of her only likes her intersex qualities. The physical self she hated the most became the trait she lived by. When she underwent sex reassignment surgery, she was abandoned by the sponsors. I thought that time can cultivate feelings, but the rich just want a deformed and curious experience, where have they invested in true love. Uptown suites, full-time Cadillac chauffeurs, and pocket money to support the family are all gone. She finally became the complete woman she dreamed of, but was limited by the hardships of survival. Fortunately, the warm Blanca helped her find her own value and also made her realize the meaning of family. The queen finally has the grace that a queen should have.

Blanca (Blanca) has the qualities of a "legendary queen".

  1. She's talented and has great ideas, and Elektra wins the dance with her "royal" idea in the first episode.
  2. She can both care for the children of the family and be strict with them. She has a mother's soft heart and a firm belief that is beyond ordinary people. She can think long-term about Damon's dancing career, and she can't hesitate to ask Papi to leave when he's dealing with drugs.
  3. She has the innocence of emotions. She was diagnosed with AIDS a long time ago, so she has never been in contact with others. He thought that he had finally met someone who was worthy of trust, but it turned out to be a big bird who had passed by among the thousands of flowers. I hope she can find a CP of Daisi in the second season!

The award speech of the Queen Mother of the Year in the play interprets the meaning of "mother" in the family very well.

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Papi (Papi) in the first season of the scene is relatively small, and quite a bit of a fool who can't see current affairs clearly.

Angle people, as their name suggests, are beautiful and moving angels. The most beautiful in the whole drama~ She was so beautiful in the first episode of the royal theme dance! The afro didn't diminish her delicate beauty at all.

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Her and Stan's emotional line really has twists and turns. It makes sense that the two are not together. Angle understands that the family has given her the "home" she wants to have. She got the warmth and security she craved in the family, and naturally she no longer had to pin her hopes on the uncertain Stan. They do have feelings between them, but can they reach the end? Angle, who already had family mates, was reluctant to take the risk. If she is willing to be watched in captivity as a "cage bird", she will lose herself.

And Stan just wants to break the framework of "I am a middle-class white man who wants to take the model route to marry and have children" and pursue different feelings. Here's a little detail that Stan brushed his teeth desperately after he kissed Angle for the first time. Maybe the kissing moment was wonderful for Stan, but he couldn't take it when he calmed down.

The interweaving of beauty and reality makes the plot of POSE fuller.

Damon is undoubtedly lucky. He has a talent for dancing, a mother Blanca who can help and guide him, a good teacher, and a BF who can work together.

The emotional line between Pary Tell and her boyfriend is also super tear-jerking! At that time, AIDS had just swept the United States, and people had not found effective prevention and treatment measures. Suffering from AIDS is sure to die. It was really heartwarming that he held a concert for his boyfriend!


Association:

Paris is Burning (1990)
9.0
1990 / USA / Documentary Gay Sex / Jenny Livingstone / Brooke Xtravaganza André Christian

The Man Behind Sister Na (2016)
7.8
2016 / Netherlands Belgium / Documentary Gay / Reijer Zwaan Ester Gould

Vogue
9.2
Madonna / 1990

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Pose quotes

  • [repeated line]

    Pray Tell: The category is: Live. Work. Pose!