Dead Poets Society Steals a Queer Story
Dead Poets Society relies on patriarchal tropes such as overbearing fathers, contrived brotherhood, and faux-individuality in order to portray its straight white male characters as oppressed.

Demian is a young man who lives a monotonous and lonely life in Santiago, dedicating his days to work and longing for the past he lived with Azul, a young woman he met in the south with whom he had a relationship during a summer. One afternoon, Demian receives a call from Aurora, a friend of Azul's, who contacts Demian to give him tragic news that takes him back to the south, where he must face a nostalgic farewell.
Dead Poets Society relies on patriarchal tropes such as overbearing fathers, contrived brotherhood, and faux-individuality in order to portray its straight white male characters as oppressed.
Even without the messaging, Mercy does not hold up as a movie. It's sloppily done and the mystery doesn’t tie together at the end.
This movie will always resonate with queer people, for as long as queer people exist.
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