When I was younger, I didn’t understand why Chava and Fyedka loving each other was so wrong. I saw the narrative as the three older sisters following the rule of three where Chava was the final daughter in a trio of young Jewish women who pushed boundaries. With the context of the Russian pogroms that I did not previously have, I understand. Marrying someone outside of the faith goes deeper for Tevye than it would for me in a city…
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Sleepless in Seattle 1993
no one told me this was billboard dad from the adult’s perspective!
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The Social Network 2010
so enraged at self-obsessed career tech guys aligned with misogyny going through an eternal masculinity crisis and coping with power plays that i’m going to have to start wearing my fuck you flip-flops again!
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Emilia Pérez 2024
a violent narrative disservice to trans women and an offence to the musical genre. so disjointed and boring! in a year of great musical and trans/queer cinema this is what we’re spotlighting?
monumental: it’s 2025 and now exists the first Oscar nomination of a trans woman for acting. cast karla sofia gascón in something else soon please and thanks. i’d like to see her in another story. i wish she didn’t have to become dramaturg and consultant for the director but…
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