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GLAAD Protesting

posted 14 years ago by strumdatjag
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This is now guaranteed to be a box office hit. There is a scene in John Waters' "Polyester" where the porno movie theater owner is thrilled about the news media and protesters showing up outside of his house, because it means increased business for him. The Italian-Americans protesting "The Godfather" and the native Americans protesting "A Man Called Horse" merely provided more free publicity. The latter film clearly benefitted from the protest, and the former is the #2 film in the top 250 at IMDB. I never would have thought about seeing Ticked-Off Trannies. Now, I have to go to see what all the fuss is about!!!!

[–] adamsmo 14 years ago

Ha, I don't know about "box office hit," it's probably not going to be much more than a cult film.

That said, all I get from these people who are so offended is that they have zero comprehension of the idea of what an exploitation film actually is. It's very sad to see them be so self-defeating.

[–] gallae 14 years ago

Could you please explain the idea of an "exploitation film" to me, because I haven't a clue.

Laura Ess

[–] wannabeegonnabee 14 years ago

Blacksplotation, for example, aims to both exploit and entertain it's intended subject.

[–] gallae 14 years ago

So then this is a 'transploitation ' film?

Laura Ess

[–] jtyroler 14 years ago

Were most blaxploitation films written and directed by blacks or whites? From a quick glance at some of the earlier blaxploitation films, they were created by blacks. TOTWK wasn't written by a transperson nor directed by a transperson.

Your analogy would be correct if, for example, Shaft would have been directed by a white director. It wasn't.

[–] gallae 14 years ago

Sorry - it wasn't my analogy, it was wannabeegonnabee's.

Laura Ess

[–] wannabeegonnabee 14 years ago

Shaft, Coffey, Sweet Sweetbacks', etc were all produced by caucasian men.

[–] RonnieRocket 13 years ago

Funny you mention Sweet Sweetback. We talked about that last night at a screening/discussion panel. The audience, full of trans women, myself included, all loved the movie.

[–] adamsmo 14 years ago

They were made by both. One of the very first, They Call Me MISTER Tibbs was created entirely by a white man. Or Hit Man (1972). Or Black Mama, White Mama.

Were women in prison films created by women in prison (or even women)? No. Rape-revenge by rape victims (or women)? No.

Good try for a defense of the illogical position of criticizing this film, but no. I'm gathering that you aren't particularly familiar with exploitation films.

[–] aac063000 13 years ago

well, exploitation film or not, as a trans person, i really hate this movie. it's just perpetuating the stereotype that transsexuals are just a bunch of overly-feminine dudes in drag wearing wigs/fake breasts

[–] projctspyder 10 years ago

except the girl who plays bubbles her tits are real and so is her hair.. i know because i know her..

The extreme always makes an impression.
- Jeff Hardy

[–] Nephilim-6 13 years ago

actually originally Blaxploitation was meant to portray black people in a positive/heroic light. ;)
Sadly because of low budgets and well just bad film making most movies turned out to be more hilarious than empowering.
So in the case of blaxploitation most of the movies were unintentionally 'so bad they were good'

True exploitation exploits some shocking or controversial subject just to make money of it. (modern examples being the Hostel franchise)

And there's nothing wrong with that as long as you realize that they're not meant to make a statement. It's just meaningless shockvalue.

Did you ever notice that people who believe in creationism look really un-evolved? - Bill Hicks

[–] Blackhawk1989 13 years ago

I can see why a lot of transgendered people didnt enjoy the movie if they wern't really film enthusiasts or in on the whole 'exploitation' joke. Im transgendered and I adored the movie mostly because im a grindhouse lover. To finally see transgendered women tearing up the backwards natives as slickly as Captain Slaughter from the blaxploitation era felt like a right of passage. You cant really be a minority in the mainstream until your featured in a few movies being impossibly awesome with no budget or proffesional actors. Plus it made a refreshing change from transgendered women being potrayed as either disturbed murderers or helpless victims.