Never criticised for being Anti- staight?

There are many movies that are very thought provoking and can be interpreted in many ways - but this movie is not one of them.

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One of the most positive characters in the film was Bob. Being as he married a woman and eventually wound up with a transgendered woman, Bernadette, that makes him straight (albeit perhaps more open-minded than many straight men). The ex-wife may have been bi or bi-curious, due to the mention of her having a girlfriend at one time. However, their son mentioned that the ex-wife didn't have a boyfriend at the moment, which would imply she typically dated men and was (mainly) straight. She was also a very supportive and positive character.

As for the Aboriginal who dressed in drag, no mention is made of his sexual orientation, so no conclusion can be drawn. Dressing in drag does not define one's sexual orientation. Also, once Bernadette confronted Shirl in the first town they stopped at, the remaining patrons of the bar became far some tolerant, even sympathetic toward the main characters.

So no, I don't see this film as "anti-straight" by any means.

It was just an observation.

When Friedkin made Cruising - a film about a Gay serial killer in the Leather/Bondage NY club scene he was accused of being anti - gay. but it was a standard homicide film set in an underground world that does exist.

So I stand by my original comment. I enjoyed the film, I am NOT homophobic, and nobody has yet given me a positive straight character.... and I simply cannot easily include Hunter who ended up with a post? op Trannie.

ahhh... but if, in that film every gay character was either negative or a screaming queen caricature, there would be an uproar. now here is a film that is the exact opposite.

I know gays have always had terrible experiences which is why they clump in areas of safety....... no differently than ethnic groups do in all major cities in the world. That is not what I am commenting on.

Also I grew up in Newtown, the exact suburb where the bus leaves at the beginning and at end of the film so I am comfortable with the environ and the occupants and have been to the drag shows in the pub.

The Pilipino wife - I am sorry- having here as a sexually obsessed/ crazed and out of control character is hardly a positive image.

Bob - he is indeed a positive character, but having him a being interested in Stamp and in fact staying with him/her at the end - again that's taking him out of the straight camp.

In fact one could argue that Bob suppressed his wife and only became a better person once she left (to do happy ending work in Sydney? )and he turned 'queer'.

So yeah I still stand my initial comment - that it always seemed like an underground gay/ cult film, along the lines of Water's Desperate Living or Pink Flamingo's or Warhols Flesh, Heat etc, that made it into the Mainstream - types of films that I do indeed love.

It was an observation of the film's structure ONLY - not a criticism.

Yes, as Eddie Izzard has said, most transvestites fancy girls. Then again, he's an action transvestite so I don't know how credible that makes his statement. lol

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