CJ Bellwether
This is one of my favourite little articles. It stands quietly triumphant, alone, pointedly speaking about something simple everyone seems to be continually perplexed by. The work of Charlie Kaufman
https://crookedmarquee.com/how-to-be-someone-else-transgender-themes-in-the-work-of-charlie-kaufman/
CJ Bellwether
"But regardless of the extent to which Kaufman’s existential quandaries are bound up with his characters’ gender discomfort, he never goes so far as to allow them to transition.
Being John Malkovich punishes Craig for his cross-gender desires by giving him what he wants in the most nightmarish way possible: thrusting him into a female body he is unable to control. Lotte is not a trans man, just a confused lesbian. In Human Nature, Lila resigns herself to imprisonment. These early works seem skeptical that the escape from the self these characters crave is possible; they seem to be in denial that transition is an acceptable solution.
Twenty years later, I’m Thinking of Ending Things deals with the consequences of that denial."
CJ Bellwether
you dont need to have seen I'm Thinking of Ending Things, just watch the Netflix trailer and thats more than enough.
CJ Bellwether
me, thinking i wonder what else this Julia Rhodes has written about - first hit is her review of The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You.
Miss Rhodes, if you're on Mastodon, i would love to have a long talk with you.
CJ Bellwether
@kawaiipunk yeah, it really is.
KawaiiPunk
@siege this is really cool
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