Trans Allegories in Film: 'The Little Mermaid' (1989)
Films can alleviate alienation by presenting realities where the viewers feelings are shared by onscreen characters. 'The Little Mermaid" film can be interpreted as a transgender story.
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Storage rooms advertised as apartments, unexplained skin rashes, endless spreadsheets and dates that go horrifically wrong. María is surviving, barely, the ordeal of flat-hunting in a big city while clocking in every day at a job that bores her to death. Her life is a parade of small disasters. But somewhere between the absurdity, María is discovering who she really is. And across the city, so is everyone else; the hard way.
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Storage rooms advertised as apartments, unexplained skin rashes, endless spreadsheets and dates that go horrifically wrong. María is surviving, barely, the ordeal of flat-hunting in a big city while clocking in every day at a job that bores her to death. Her life is a parade of small disasters. But somewhere between the absurdity, María is discovering who she really is. And across the city, so is everyone else; the hard way.
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Genre:Comedy, Drama, Horror
Written By:Leonor Segovia
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