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Um, Really? (spoilers)

posted 9 years ago by Yinky
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A golden-haired boy all the girls want to date, who's the QB of his HS football team, gets great grades, and is voted most likely to suceed, over a 20 year period transitions into a beautiful woman....and chooses to make a documentary about....her crazy brother? WTF?

When I first saw Kim, I saw no signs whatsoever that she had once been male. (Aside from those awful implants, my gawd.) And to find out that this was a very popular guy who everyone adored, as opposed to your stereotypical feminine boy who likes "dress up"...I wanted to see THAT story. Instead we spend most of the time focussed on her a$$hole brother. Had I known the story was about him, I wouldn't have bothered.

PS And to those folks on this board who are defending her brother because he's mentally ill...you can be mentally ill and still be an a$$hole. The two are not mutually exclusive.

[–] dmode112378 7 years ago

I personally think people would be more interested in her brother's story considering his lineage.

[–] BugisStreetAnnie (1294) 6 years ago

I never saw this film, but didn't the brother die? I can't remember if it was a suicide or something else.

[–] BugisStreetAnnie (1294) 6 years ago

When I first saw Kim, I saw no signs whatsoever that she had once been male. (Aside from those awful implants, my gawd.)

I've only saw a recent video of her (even though I think I may have seen her on Oprah years ago) for 'Dark Money' and it's her voice that gives her away. She speaks in this fake feminine voice, like many transsexuals do, which I'm sure isn't the same natural voice she had as a male because as you said, How could people not be aware of any feminine feelings if she spoke that way and her mannerisms were that of a stereotypical feminine male.