Thursday, December 19, 2019

Movie Analysis Cat Walk Across The Country - 2040 Words

Ariel Talley Authors and Genres Final Paper Cat Walk across the Country INTRODUCTION________________________________ Over time society has tried to find ways to portray the queer community through film and most times have been scrutinized for its inaccuracies. The portrayals have varied from flamboyant, to outcast, to victims, to social deviants, however in the film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything. This film gives the notion of liberating queers by openly expressing who they are, dressing how they want, assisting heterosexuals in their relationships, when it comes to couples getting and staying together, giving good advice and just being overall helpful. This portrayal seems to representing the queer community fairly well beings†¦show more content†¦But sometimes, breaking a stereotype doesn’t go quite far enough, and the issue can be a little more complicated than merely determining whether or not a character is represented in a positive or negative way. QUEER/LGBTQ_______________________________________ The word â€Å"queer† has been somewhat controversial for many years, and is sometimes used to reject people from a subculture. A Marxist approach to language and culture begins by understanding the words and their importance. For instance hate speeches using words such as nigga and cunt legitimizes racism and sexism: these words are used to demean black people and women, in order to make them feel less of a human. In some situations, some socialists have used the word â€Å"queer† to label themselves, for example in the discussion, â€Å"The Fight for Queer Liberation Today† at their own Marxism event held back in May 2011. The term LGBTQ, standing for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer or some sources say Questionable for example, have stemmed from political changes. From previous rejections of narrowing identity politics of just the standard Gay there has been a move to include people that acknowledge themselves as bi and trans for example. This is a complete opposite approach compared to the â€Å"reclaiming† of words such as queer, or â€Å"slut† that was used in the â€Å"SlutWalk† protests a couple years ago. The assumption is these changes in language have an

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