Did that Drag queen have anything to add to this story? Or is this just the Director's way of throwing a Little PC crap in the Movie??? I bet the movie might have done better if they had stuck to the story of a Man from New Zealand coming to America to pursue a Speed record! Typical Hollyweird!
shareThis seems to concern you to the point of starting a thread.
Why is that?
I don't feel that the Tina Washington character is superfluous.
Tina, like Jake (the elderly Native American), served as a plot device to showcase Burt Munro's openness to, & empathy with, the minorities, even though he might not have encountered such people frequently (or ever before) in his life.
In fact, the Tina character is a double-minority — both as a heterosexual transgender woman (note: sexual orientation & gender identify are 2 different things), as well as an African-American.
Furthermore, in real & reel life, people like Tina Washington are more often than not hyper-visible, & yet rendered invisible at the same time by biogtry. Hence, far from being redundant in the movie, it is all the more important that people like Tina gets a voice — as opposed to being ignored, erased & "left out" again.
The use of the term "drag queen" in this forum to describe Tina betrays a lack of understanding about the differences between transgender women & drag queens.
Note what Tina says to Burt Munro when they go separate ways:-
Burt Munro:
It's a good job I think you're a woman.
Tina Washington:
I am a woman.
It was a good scene to show just how different things were in America. It was a scene to show the contrast. It was very effective
shareTypical Hollyweird?
Are you suggesting it's 'typical' to see drag queens randomly thrown into movies for 'PC' purposes?
Because that doesn't really fit in with the movies I go to see.
Never defend crap with 'It's just a movie'
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This movie was way too long ago. I don't think it has anything to do with woke shit. I think it was there to show that burt was a kind person who accepted everyone. It had many scenes of americans giving him and the person the eye like they were grossed out.
shareNo.. because Burt calls him a sweetheart.. which shows us HE’S the sweetheart. It’s simple feel-good manipulation but it’s done well.
Bet this guy from 13 years ago wishes he had the word woke back then. He would have woke’d the shit out of that post.