| I agree about it being problematic for this moment. I adore the movie--agree with those who think it may be the greatest film comedy ever--but it was a product of ITS time (late 50s) and was able to do some of its gender stereotyping by harkening back to an even earlier era. I have not seen this production (simply not in the city this time) so can only go by reports, and I gather the actor playing Daphne/Jerry is wonderful, but it seems to wrench the focus of the plot so much by having a discovery of transgender identity in the story. It also sounds like the discovery of gender identity is accomplished by dressing up and imitating a stereotype of a woman--that doesn't sound particularly progressive to me, even for something that is farcical in genre. The lives of trans people deserve better and more thoughtful (even if in the form of comedy) dramatization than that! |
