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It would have been better...


This documentary really affected me... I remembered it for years afterward. But I can't help thinking it would have been better without the transvestite angle.

If he's a transvestite, that's fine, I don't care, but the film was very compelling without it. I can't help feeling like the transvestite angle was put in to be salacious.

Actually I don't even care about that, it's the scene where he walks in wearing women's clothing. Even though I know that's who he is, it seemed very... exploitative. Very salacious, for it's own sake.

"I've seen things that would make you want to write a book on how to puke."

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Seriously? Did you not catch the part where he says the reason he was attacked was because he admitted to being a cross dresser? It's a pretty important part of why his life is the way it is and an important part of his therapy too.

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