In a small NYC apartment, Maggie, independent to a fault, is caught off guard when her obnoxiously reasonable boyfriend asks her to move in with him. Rather than deal with the question, Maggie becomes determined to discover the source of an increasingly strong and mysterious smell from next door. What she finds brings her face to face with an impossible-to-ignore example of what’s at stake if she refuses to abandon her stale but comfortable life.
White audiences saw Peola’s mixed-race passing as a Black woman’s struggle to be white. Black audiences saw it as the rebellion of a Black woman trying to gain privileges only given to white people.
Films can alleviate alienation by presenting realities where the viewers feelings are shared by onscreen characters. The film 'Shrek' can be interpreted as a transgender story.
The way Jeannette has to deal with child neglect makes her insecure about her parents and how she was brought up and raised in the United States. This continues into adulthood, where Jeannette becomes a successful journalist and is frequently asked about her parents by others.
The iconic title character stars in her own horror and gothic TV series.
