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Why do you like it so much? I really don't enjoy it though I can respect the cinematography and overall composition of it I find the film itself not worth recommending.
Copying this from another conversation about it:
I saw the Tv glow is horror for queer people. If ur cishet it won't hit the same
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It's about failing to recognize yourself as trans an the inherent terror of living in a body that feels like a prison.So if you can't relate to that the message is probably lost
I'm a cishet and having grown up with quite a restrictive and repressive upbringing, the themes of "well who am I really?" and feeling like your environment and inability to discover who you truly are is slowly suffocating are definitely themes from the movie that resonated with me.
That's a totally fair point. I just recall people leaving the theater going "what the hell was that all about?" Lol
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The other main character advocates for committing suicide as the answer to their predicament.All bodies feel like a prison. They get old and ache some don't provide the right chemicals or their brains hurt them. It's not a problem only belonging to the trans community and the other main character seems predatory while the main character is beyond reach and does absolutely nothing the whole film.
I can relate to the message but the message was bad from my perspective and the execution not better. Maybe because it's so incredibly pointed that I don't get it but that doesn't make it any better that it's for a specific audience and everyone else is left stranded. I got the message I just thought it poorly faced it.
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i didn't see it as suicide at all but rather as accepting the death of their former self. Trans people refer to their old identity as a dead name after all. 'sides rebirth is a common trope in a hero's journey wherein you come out of hell (the ground) changed for the better