Silence of the Lambs star Ted Levine says he regrets film’s trans depictions: “Having gotten aware and worked with trans folks, and understanding a bit more about the culture & the meaning of gender… It’s unfortunate that the film vilified that, and it’s fucking wrong. And you can quote me on that.”
While I definitely get it and don’t disagree in the slightest, I also would just like to point out that upon seeing the film (even at what most people would probably consider way too young an age lol) did I ever think that Bill’s plan to make himself a new skin by murdering and sewing together the skin of his victims was being portrayed as an accepted, reasonable path toward gender reassignment… I mean, dude is literally what you would expect to see pictured on the Wikipedia article for ‘crackhead serial killing psycho’ lol I feel like that should be one of your first indicators that a character isn’t like a ‘good dude’ or something. 😋
In all seriousness, tho, it trips me out that there are absolutely people out there who would be more than happy to engage in the mental gymnastics necessary to twist reality into whatever fucked up pretzel they need to push their narrative.
Right? I actually find it really pandering when a marginalized group is consistently depicted as infallible. They stop being characters and become stand-in caricatures.
Obviously, its a worse issue when it happens the other way around.
Look up ed gien, was literally the inspiration for most serial killer movies all wrapped into one but job
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gein