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Hard to watch nowadays due to the Transphobiaia


Gosh, I've got to say I was shocked! I had this in mind as a classic late 80s action film to introduce the kids to (remembering it as such, and yes I know it was made in the 90s but it fits the genre).

However, pretty soon it happened:-

The soup spitting buffoon, in full drag - resplendent in a his dress - reads his file, in which the Captain has suggested he needs a full psychological evaluation. "Do I look like a man who needs a psychological evaluation?" he questions...

You could hear a pin drop in our house before the crying began... "I don't understand papa" said young Poppy, "Why is he saying that, while we get a shot of him in his dress. Are they trying to suggest that would be funny and that transgenders are to be laughed at?". And then the tears began...

I lept across the room desperately turning the blasted machine off but alas it was too late. Poppy sat, knees pulled up, shaking at the disgusting display of transphobia.

Now, I'm not one for censorship but I really believe films containing scenes like this should be removed from the public domain. Today's society has thankfully progressed beyond such disgusting displays of targeted hate baiting.

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It wasn't transphobic at all. He was dressed as a joke for the party. He was supposed to be the Captain's "date" When there are no women onboard they make do for the party.

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I can still watch it today and laugh hysterically. It makes a modern day statement too if you read between the lines and listen to his lines while in the Admirals quarters with Tommy Lee Jones.

Besides, if anyone tells me I can't watch Erika Eleniak jump out a cake topless, because there's something offensive to trans earlier in the movie, most men will laugh at you.

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If you get that faint at the idea of men dressing as women for the sake of humor, then you better stay away from classic comedy shows and movies, grandma.

Also, Busey dressing as a woman had nothing to do with hatred of transvestites or transgenders. You need to get those violent knee-jerk reactions checked out before you shatter your chin.

Just do what the rest of us do, ignore Busey and focus on Erika Eleniak‘s massive bare boobs.

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Good God everyone - don't we recognize satire when we see it anymore?

I thought the post was hilarious as well as satirical. Good job Foot. (job - foot.. foot job?)

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Ah. Then so was my response. 😊

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LOL, fair enough!

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You will never be a real woman.

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I don’t want to be one.

Just inside one.

Okay, 60 or 70.

Those aren’t ages BTW. They’re quantities.

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looks more like the good ol days of talk'n trash.

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