Sunday, July 15, 2007
♥ Boys Don't Cry
Film: Boys Don’t Cry
Director: Kimberly Peirce
Starring: Hilary Swank and Chloe Sevigny
The movie, a true story about a lesbian Brandon Teena (Teena Brandon), is about finding out who you are as a person and finding the courage to be yourself.
Director: Kimberly Peirce
Starring: Hilary Swank and Chloe Sevigny
The movie, a true story about a lesbian Brandon Teena (Teena Brandon), is about finding out who you are as a person and finding the courage to be yourself.
Clearly, the movie is not your typical movie. It covers controversial issues and seeing how a lesbian lives is totally “out-of-this-world”.
There were several questions raised throughout the movie.
“How do lesbians hide their true identity?” After seeing the movie, and basing from what I see everyday, I could say that lesbians hide their true identity, meaning their femininity, by first, cutting their hair short – as short as males do; second, hide their breasts by wearing a tight bandeau or tension bandages; thirdly, they cross-dress by wearing male clothes – jeans, sweaters, polo’s, boots or sneakers. Basically, that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Some radical lesbians even become transgendered for them to be “fully males”.
“Why are lesbians unaccepted in some societies?” The answer I have coming from the movie is that some still think that it is an abnormality. Being a lesbian, for others, means that they are abnormal and that they have a genetic defect. Also, based from the movie, when Lana’s mom found out that Brandon was a lesbian, they immediately bashed her and saying that she was abnormal, and the scene where Brandon’s friend back in Lincoln was trying to make Brandon a girl because she is really a girl and that no one would accept her for what she is.
“How do societies react with lesbians?” Seeing from the movie, discrimination is the obvious way some societies react with the third-sex in general. People constantly avoid those people whom they consider to be abnormal – lesbian or gay. People also see these lesbians or gays as bad people but it is the contrary. People constantly blame them for bad things. Like in the movie wherein Lana’s mother said something like “what did you do to my daughter?” I think that is an example of it.
“Can hate-crimes be avoided?” Brandon was murdered and it was considered as a hate-crime. The movie raised an important question and a way to avoid this is that the victims must speak out. The crime committed against Brandon – rape – was a result of hate and prejudice since he/she was abnormal. Victims of this kind should stand up and act. They should file a lawsuit and demand justice. Laws on hate-crimes should be ratified.
Those questions raised in the movie, for me, are correct. I completely agree to it. These kinds of questions make one think about their own societies. These kinds of discrimination and prejudice against another gender are alarming since we are supposed to be living in an almost-equal society, wherein lesbianism and gayness are accepted. But since the film was set during the early 90’s, I think the present society has moved on from that kind. For me, those questions raised are also applicable to our daily lives in our society. We see people cross-dress and act like the opposite sex, and so on. Although we interact with them almost everyday, there is still a part of us that distance ourselves from them.
“How do lesbians hide their true identity?” After seeing the movie, and basing from what I see everyday, I could say that lesbians hide their true identity, meaning their femininity, by first, cutting their hair short – as short as males do; second, hide their breasts by wearing a tight bandeau or tension bandages; thirdly, they cross-dress by wearing male clothes – jeans, sweaters, polo’s, boots or sneakers. Basically, that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Some radical lesbians even become transgendered for them to be “fully males”.
“Why are lesbians unaccepted in some societies?” The answer I have coming from the movie is that some still think that it is an abnormality. Being a lesbian, for others, means that they are abnormal and that they have a genetic defect. Also, based from the movie, when Lana’s mom found out that Brandon was a lesbian, they immediately bashed her and saying that she was abnormal, and the scene where Brandon’s friend back in Lincoln was trying to make Brandon a girl because she is really a girl and that no one would accept her for what she is.
“How do societies react with lesbians?” Seeing from the movie, discrimination is the obvious way some societies react with the third-sex in general. People constantly avoid those people whom they consider to be abnormal – lesbian or gay. People also see these lesbians or gays as bad people but it is the contrary. People constantly blame them for bad things. Like in the movie wherein Lana’s mother said something like “what did you do to my daughter?” I think that is an example of it.
“Can hate-crimes be avoided?” Brandon was murdered and it was considered as a hate-crime. The movie raised an important question and a way to avoid this is that the victims must speak out. The crime committed against Brandon – rape – was a result of hate and prejudice since he/she was abnormal. Victims of this kind should stand up and act. They should file a lawsuit and demand justice. Laws on hate-crimes should be ratified.
Those questions raised in the movie, for me, are correct. I completely agree to it. These kinds of questions make one think about their own societies. These kinds of discrimination and prejudice against another gender are alarming since we are supposed to be living in an almost-equal society, wherein lesbianism and gayness are accepted. But since the film was set during the early 90’s, I think the present society has moved on from that kind. For me, those questions raised are also applicable to our daily lives in our society. We see people cross-dress and act like the opposite sex, and so on. Although we interact with them almost everyday, there is still a part of us that distance ourselves from them.
The movie was quite moving in a way that it has a big impact on me. It moved me in a way that i sympathize those people who are experiencing or have experienced the same thing Brandon/Teena did. It made me realize that violence is really true and is out there.
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