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*gets nuked* *looks at imaginary camera* what just happened
I don't know what it's called whether it's an Easter egg or something but...
Spoilers for Drop Dead Gorgeous under cut
When Gladys is in prison after committing assault (I think there's another few crimes), she has her hair just like Rebecca (her daughter who died). This could mean she wants revenge, which she did try to do but it ended the opposite way and actually helped the person she was getting revenge on.
Her daughter's death:
The girl she wants revenge on (Amber Atkins portrayed by Kirsten Dunst):
Her daughter (Rebecca Leeman portrayed by Denise Richards):
Gladys (portrayed by Kirstie Alley):
Review: The Famous Joe Project
Famous Joe Project is a special treat for me because I usually hate gay cinema. The films commonly fall into farce comedy and attempt to blend in a kind of hyperbolic straight-on-gay oppression story to insist upon their own gravitas as an afterthought.
FJP does not do this in any great measure. The acting is proper acting, the lead doesn’t have to speak a word in the opening sequence, he says it all with his face- the character is young and impressionable and experiencing a fearful kind of hope- he doesn’t believe that he’s beautiful but he’s also so happy to hear someone saying it to him.
This kind of honest portrayal of the darker internal gay experience is persistent through the film, from awkward and uncomfortable sexual encounters with partners the lead has to convince himself he’s into to getting involved with beautiful men with exploitative agendas and serious personality disorders.
The mother in this coming out story is not a plain dealing villain but a dynamic character who is effective on and profoundly affected by the transformations of the lead. We see not just the ogre of a wicked boyfriend but we also get a glimpse of his own suffering with personality disorder and his life choices.
Gay cinema desperately needs more honest and considered storytelling of this kind instead of the Greek play approach filled with one dimensional stock characters and escapism prevalent in gay film.
The film’s concluding segments depart from the earlier portion which vaguely resembles a sort of documentary approach to Party Monster and delivers the lead into normalcy from a fantastic, otherworldly experience, a statement both about coming out and about growing up in general.
I deeply enjoyed and strongly recommend this film.
can we talk about how Guillermo tells bedtime stories to nandor probably on a daily basis??? like he tucks Nandor in his little coffin and just tells him stories. like how cute is that. But like its probably all off cam and the only reason we get to see it cuz the crew is more bold now or they just got more comfortable with the crew over the years. This really adds another layers to those time guillermo leaves..... and just how much of theyre relation progress and everything that we dont really see cuz they happen off cam.