tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8330431430608827222.post5884191056128059495..comments2023-07-07T06:18:07.988-07:00Comments on Queering the Closet: Queer Issue: The Unfortunate Straightening Out of Hollywood ReduxAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470325503788056122noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8330431430608827222.post-29126082982259008752014-07-19T06:16:57.356-07:002014-07-19T06:16:57.356-07:00Dallas Buyers Club is on the straightened out list...Dallas Buyers Club is on the straightened out list because Ron Woodroof was bisexual and presented as straight in the film. Rayon wasn't part of the analysis as she was a fictional invention of the filmmakers.<br /><br />I included all films based on transgender and intersex historical figures that I am aware of: Queen Christina and The Christina Jorgensen Story. If looking at non-fictionalized accounts, J Edgar might also count as the film does present him as cross dressing in a scene where he puts on his mothers clothes. But yeah, it does seem that filmmakers are particularly reluctant to present transgender historical figures on screen. I also agree that transgender and transsexual characters should generally be played by transgender and transsexual actors (unless we manage to achieve some sort of situation where trans* actors can play cis characters just as often as cis actors play trans* characters but that doesn't appear likely in the immediate future).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470325503788056122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8330431430608827222.post-90322621006632849782014-07-19T05:46:00.727-07:002014-07-19T05:46:00.727-07:00Really do not understand this. Are you saying Dall...Really do not understand this. Are you saying Dallas Buyers Club was a accurate historicaly or represented transgender people fairly? Also noticed the a lack of other transgender films. Not knocking your effort just making a comment about it. Most every transgender person has been played by a cisgender actor. That needs to change.planet transhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795171536476852163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8330431430608827222.post-50233861929861701132014-07-19T05:39:48.273-07:002014-07-19T05:39:48.273-07:00Given that the rise of the Empire is loosely based...Given that the rise of the Empire is loosely based on the rise of the Nazis, the murder of the Jedi therefore becomes reminiscent of the night of long knives, and the "death" of Anakin at that point therefore makes his character arc loosely parallel to Ernst Rohm. Hence the reason it's marked as heavily fictionalized. I wrote more about it in my review here: http://queeringthecloset.blogspot.com/2013/11/queer-review-star-wars-episode-iii.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470325503788056122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8330431430608827222.post-60964767864746087902014-07-19T03:42:21.863-07:002014-07-19T03:42:21.863-07:00Who's been "straightened out" in Sta...Who's been "straightened out" in Star Wars? I'm not aware of that even being vaguely based on any historical figures...Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.com