Community Conversation => Transgender talk => Topic started by: mixie on June 22, 2012, 04:55:21 PM Return to Full Version
Title: Roberta from The World According to Garp. What do you all think about this vid
Post by: mixie on June 22, 2012, 04:55:21 PM
Post by: mixie on June 22, 2012, 04:55:21 PM
The World According to Garp - Shooting Down Pictures video essay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=CzDReYKwe5k#)
I thought this was very interesting.
I thought this was very interesting.
Title: Re: Roberta from The World According to Garp. What do you all think about this vid
Post by: Nicolette on June 22, 2012, 05:30:09 PM
Post by: Nicolette on June 22, 2012, 05:30:09 PM
I absolutely loved the book. It holds so much meaning for me. When I reflect on it it makes me :'(
Title: Re: Roberta from The World According to Garp. What do you all think about this vid
Post by: Ms. OBrien CVT on June 22, 2012, 05:54:12 PM
Post by: Ms. OBrien CVT on June 22, 2012, 05:54:12 PM
I remember the movie. Roberta gave me hope. Even though John Lithgow is not trans. To see a character on the screen who was never 'passable" helped me immensely.
Title: Re: Roberta from The World According to Garp. What do you all think about this vid
Post by: suzifrommd on June 24, 2012, 10:58:44 AM
Post by: suzifrommd on June 24, 2012, 10:58:44 AM
Quote from: mixie on June 22, 2012, 04:55:21 PM
The World According to Garp - Shooting Down Pictures video essay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=CzDReYKwe5k#)
I thought this was very interesting.
Yes, thanks for posting. I loved Garp (except the last 3 minutes) and I liked Lithgow's performance way better than Felicity Huffman in TransAmerica, who, despite all her efforts, couldn't succeed in convincing me she had ever been male-bodied. I know why they did that - to underscore that her character WAS a woman, not a man pretending, but it just couldn't bring me there.