Boys Don't Cry is a film by Kimberly Peirce, which tells the story of a lesbian girl, Brandon(Teena) who keeps her real sex as a secret. She introduces her as Brandon, wears and acts like boys, hide her breasts, puts on a fake penis and make everyone believe that she is a boy, because she knows how diffucult it would be when people know about her being a lesbian. She falls in love with a girl, Lana, who has a tough boyfriend. Then people find out that Brandon is not a boy and Lana's boyfriend beats and rapes Brandon, which is the most dramatic scene of the movie.
The film becomes more dramatic when we think that this movie is based on a true story. When I watched this movie, I realized that we live in a very insensitive and cruel world, noone respects noones sexual choices and gays are always forced to be shamed of themselves. People become victims of their own choices and be insulted in lots of ways. For example, in a scene of the movie, Lana's mother mentions Brandon as "it". Because for her, she is not a girl and a boy either, so she does not deserve to be called like other "normal" people.
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I think it is important to realise that Brandon is not a lesbian, but rather a hermaphrodite - that is, she was born with both male and female organs, but is migrating towards being male. Your other observations are sadly true. There is so much ignorance surrounding these issues. Calling someone "it" says a lot about the speaker, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteactually i had watched the film a long time ago, i might have been forgotten some points, sorry for the mistake.
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