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* ValuesDissonance: Though the filmmakers were well-intentioned in their efforts, a number of more modern viewers have taken offense to Brandon being referred to by his deadname in the credits.
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**Though the filmmakers were well-intentioned in their efforts, a number of more modern viewers have taken offense to Brandon being referred to by his deadname in thecredits.credits.
** Further, most of the marketing seemed to imply that Brandon was a lesbian woman pretending to be a man.
**Though the filmmakers were well-intentioned in their efforts, a number of more modern viewers have taken offense to Brandon being referred to by his deadname in the
** Further, most of the marketing seemed to imply that Brandon was a lesbian woman pretending to be a man.
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* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: The film depicts a cisgender actress portraying a transgender man. Despite this controversial casting, the film is seen as a positive example of transgender representation — and Hilary Swank confesses to getting hundreds of letters from LGBTQ fans thanking her for helping tell the story.
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* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: The film depicts a cisgender actress portraying a transgender man. Despite this controversial casting, the film is seen as a positive example of transgender representation — and Hilary Swank confesses to getting has stated that she got hundreds of letters from LGBTQ fans thanking her for helping tell the story.
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* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: The film depicts a cisgender actress portraying a transgender man. Despite this controversial casting, the film is seen as a positive example of transgender representation — and Hilary Swank confesses to getting hundreds of letters from LGBTQ fans thanking her for helping tell the story.
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* AngstAversion: [[spoiler:The gangrape and murder scenes]] and the preceding transphobia can be incredibly hard to watch for some viewers.
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* ValuesDissonance: Though the filmmakers were well-intentioned in their efforts, a number of more modern viewers have taken offense to Brandon being referred to by his deadname in the credits.
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* NightmareFuel: When Brandon Teena's cover got blown, lets just say things got worse for him.
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* NightmareFuel: When Brandon Teena's Brandon's cover got gets blown, lets let's just say things got get ''much'' worse for him.
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* WhatTheHellHero: By no means does it excuse what happened in the end, but Brandon not being upfront about who he was was pretty much guaranteed to end badly. Lying to and tricking others about who you are is never going to go over well, especially in a conservative area.
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* WhatTheHellHero: By no means does it excuse what happened in the end, but Brandon not being upfront about who he was was pretty much guaranteed to end badly. Lying to and tricking others about who you are is never going to go over well, especially in a conservative area.
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* MisaimedFandom: Most reviewers loved it, but while sympathetic to the character, referred to Brandon as female and seemed to think it was a story about a lesbian who felt she had to pretend to be a boy because of homophobia. One reviewer even said something like "in disguising herself, ironically, this young woman helped other girls find themselves." In real life, Brandon was transgender, but also your average somewhat rugged young man and had the kind of opinions on feminism and lesbianism expected from a young man born in Nebraska in the early seventies.
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* MisaimedFandom: Most reviewers loved it, but while sympathetic to the character, Brandon, wrongly referred to Brandon him as female and seemed to think it was a story about a lesbian who felt she had to pretend pretending to be a boy because of homophobia. One reviewer even said something like "in disguising herself, ironically, this young woman helped other girls find themselves." In real life, Brandon was transgender, but also your average somewhat rugged young man and had the kind of opinions on feminism and lesbianism expected from a young man born in Nebraska in the early seventies.homophobia.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The film drops the anvil hard on homophobia and transphobia, but as noted under MisaimedFandom above, provided an outlet for many lesbians and transgender people on its release.
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* FairForItsDay: The film was rightfully praised for being one of the first fully positive depictions of trans people in a popular American movie, and is still remembered as an important milestone. However, it still stars a cis person playing a trans person of the opposite gender, which has become a serious point of criticism for the trans community in recent years. If it came out today, it would get serious backlash for this casting. [[note]]At the time, this was unavoidable; in 1999, finding an openly trans actor would have been impossible.[[/note]]
* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/ChloeSevigny had to have a sex scene edited down because her orgasm lasted too long. Let's not forget her eventually infamous turn in ''Film/TheBrownBunny'' where she performed fellatio for real on camera.
* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/ChloeSevigny had to have a sex scene edited down because her orgasm lasted too long. Let's not forget her eventually infamous turn in ''Film/TheBrownBunny'' where she performed fellatio for real on camera.
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* FairForItsDay: The film was rightfully praised for being one of the first fully positive depictions of trans people in a popular American movie, and is still remembered as an important milestone. However, it still stars a cis person playing a trans person of the opposite gender, which has become a serious point of criticism for the trans community in recent years. If it came out today, it would get serious backlash for this casting. [[note]]At the time, this was unavoidable; in 1999, finding an openly trans actor would have been impossible.[[/note]]
Kimberly Peirce did attempt to cast people from the LGBT community, but claims Hilary Swank simply gave the best audition.[[/note]] It counts for something that, rather than cast a cisgender male as Brandon, Hilary Swank went through the process of living as a man for a month in advance, at least giving her an understanding of what a trans man would have to go through and therefore enhancing the accuracy of her performance.
*HilariousInHindsight: SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Brandon's first impression of Lana; her, Candace and Kate do a karaoke performance of "The Bluest Eyes in Texas". Brandon is transfixed and can only stare into Lana's eyes. It almost seems as though she's singing straight to him as the scene goes on.
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** Creator/ChloeSevigny had to have a sex scene edited down because her orgasm lasted too long. Let's not forget her eventually infamous turn in ''Film/TheBrownBunny'' where she performed fellatio for real oncamera.camera.
** Hilary Swank would get to be on the other side of a [[spoiler: murder plot]] in ''Film/TheBlackDahlia''. In that, her character even [[spoiler: dresses as a man to do the killing]].
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** Creator/ChloeSevigny had to have a sex scene edited down because her orgasm lasted too long. Let's not forget her eventually infamous turn in ''Film/TheBrownBunny'' where she performed fellatio for real on
** Hilary Swank would get to be on the other side of a [[spoiler: murder plot]] in ''Film/TheBlackDahlia''. In that, her character even [[spoiler: dresses as a man to do the killing]].
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** There's also Tom and John attacking Brandon at Candace's, and all Lana can do is cry out her name to wake her up. [[spoiler: Candace is then killed too for no apparent reason, right in front of her baby]].
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* FairForItsDay: The film was rightfully praised for being one of the first fully positive depictions of trans people in a popular American movie, and is still remembered as an important milestone. However, it still stars a cis person playing a trans person of the opposite gender, which has become a serious point of criticism for the trans community in recent years. If it came out today, it would get serious backlash for this casting.
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* FairForItsDay: The film was rightfully praised for being one of the first fully positive depictions of trans people in a popular American movie, and is still remembered as an important milestone. However, it still stars a cis person playing a trans person of the opposite gender, which has become a serious point of criticism for the trans community in recent years. If it came out today, it would get serious backlash for this casting. [[note]]At the time, this was unavoidable; in 1999, finding an openly trans actor would have been impossible.[[/note]]
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* MisaimedFandom: Most reviewers loved it, but while sympathetic to the character, referred to Brandon as female and seemed to think it was a story about a lesbian who felt she had to pretend to be a boy because of homophobia. One reviewer even said something like "in disguising herself, ironically, this young woman helped other girls find themselves." In real life, Brandon was transgender, but also youor average somewhat rugged young man and had the kind of opinions on feminism and lesbianism expected from a young man born in Nebraska in the early seventies.
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* MisaimedFandom: Most reviewers loved it, but while sympathetic to the character, referred to Brandon as female and seemed to think it was a story about a lesbian who felt she had to pretend to be a boy because of homophobia. One reviewer even said something like "in disguising herself, ironically, this young woman helped other girls find themselves." In real life, Brandon was transgender, but also youor your average somewhat rugged young man and had the kind of opinions on feminism and lesbianism expected from a young man born in Nebraska in the early seventies.
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* MisaimedFandom: Most reviewers loved it, but while sympathetic to the character, referred to Brandon as female and seemed to think it was a story about a lesbian who felt she had to pretend to be a boy because of homophobia. One reviewer even said something like "in disguising herself, ironically, this young woman helped other girls find themselves." In real life, Brandon was an average somewhat rugged young guy and had the kind of opinions on feminism and lesbianism expected from a young man born in Nebraska in the early seventies.
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* MisaimedFandom: Most reviewers loved it, but while sympathetic to the character, referred to Brandon as female and seemed to think it was a story about a lesbian who felt she had to pretend to be a boy because of homophobia. One reviewer even said something like "in disguising herself, ironically, this young woman helped other girls find themselves." In real life, Brandon was an transgender, but also youor average somewhat rugged young guy man and had the kind of opinions on feminism and lesbianism expected from a young man born in Nebraska in the early seventies.
