Thursday, March 31, 2011
Venus boyz
This movie struck me as compelling because it really had a lot of focus on the feelings of these drag kings. It really dealt with their experiences and how they perceive themselves. It made me think about some things i never would have thought about before in terms of how these people regard themselves and what life is like for them. When they interviewed the drag kings and discussed how they deal with their acceptance in the mainstream it reminded me of our discussions on rappers. How they would be one way in real life but then in the studio they were a completely different person. They did this because society says they should only be one way and that's not often the person they feel most comfortable being so they have to put on a front when they are around others. One comment that really struck me from the movie was when one of the guys said early on that "gender should be what you make of it". This reminded me a lot about our conversations on race because there are so many different classifications that you shouldn't feel that you have to limit yourself to a certain identity and I never thought of gender in this way. It was an eye opening movie and you really feel the struggle for these people because many have experienced unjustified violent or mental abuse from others.
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I completely agree with you Bakari. I think, as you stated, the experience that these women have in terms of being conformed to the mainstream in one setting and defying it in another really adds to the documentary. I never really connected this to the idea about the rappers that you mentioned. But I can see how they are related. Finally, I thought the quote you added was important. It is something these women live by.
ReplyDeleteI also talked about the quote that "gender should be what you make of it" and your connection of that quote to our discussions on race is interesting. I agree with what you are saying about the variety of classifications with race and there shouldn't be limitations. I think it is interesting how race and gender overlap in so many different aspects and how they come together in this class and through our blogs.
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