Audience statistics #3

Let's see.....

In 2014 I saw over 400 movies in the theater. This year I have seen about 300 or so. The post is from August of 2013, so I probably saw another 100 or so in 2013 after that. So 800 films in theaters since then means my memory of this incident is very very limited.

To be honest, one of the reasons I rate movies on imdb is to remember what I have seen. Sometimes when someone replies to a post I have written, I do not even remember writing it. Sometimes I am surprised by what I wrote!

I know I saw this at Anthology Film Archives, and in the post I mentioned it was the smaller theater downstairs. That theater can get a little hot, and if there were 27 people there it was probably about half full. The movie going crowd, what is left of it in NYC, is an interesting bunch of weirdos, freaks, nerds, geeks and misfits. Also a bunch of college students and hipsters. Any one of those people can be annoying or annoyed at any given moment, leading to all sorts of outbursts and fights.

Needless to say, this can be started by anything from talking too loudly, laughing at the wrong moments, or snarky comments. Considering a lot of what I see is fringe stuff, horror, exploitation, and what not, you would think people would be a bit more open minded, but many people are not.

So for this film all I remember is someone was getting VERY angry about us laughing at the absolute cheesiness of the film. Now, if you have seen a Doris Wishman film you probably know these are cheese fests that are pretty damned funny. This wasn't directed at me or my girlfriend directly, more at the audience in general that was laughing.

Now, to answer the specific question, why did I think this might be a transsexual? I have no clue at this point, it's just been too long. But I generally don't assume these things lightly, so I can surmise that either this person seemed VERY personally insulted by the laughter, or that they looked like they might be transsexual.

I feel like I have to give a bit of personal info here, to explain further. I live in NYC, where there is a fairly large population of trans people. I have had more than a few trans friends in my life, both in real life and online. Just like there is some sort of gaydar that people have, there is a trans radar that some people have. If you know enough trans people, or have hung out with some, you start to pick up on the small cues that can help you to identify someone who is trans. Am I 100% certain? No, especially not in this case, since I made it clear I wasn't sure even in the post. Do I have a good track record? Yes, I do, usually noticing before most people I know.

Side note here, there is a regular at this theater that I am pretty sure is trans or has some sort of gender fluid situation going on, and she is loud, talks to herself and possibly smokes crack sometimes as well. Now, I can't say whether or not this was the same person, but you never know.

Last bit of info I will share. In NYC, we have always had a decent sized population of trans people. Back in the day there were many drag queen shows at various places all over the city. There was even a bar uptown you could go to if you wanted to pick one up (and probably pay for sex with them at the end of the night). I have seen ones that were less noticeable, 100% passable, and beautiful. I have also seen ones that were dressed like sexy hookers or gutter sluts, as you so visually described them. Lastly, I have seen the large, hulking manly woman walking around in women's clothes as well. We have had a full range of trans people, one of the many reasons why NYC is such a fun and vibrant place, you never know who you will meet or what they are about!