Trans Allegories in Film: 'Shrek' (2001)
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.

After yet another rape, a young woman kills her partner. Behind her back, out of her sight, her skin slowly necrotizes, as if the trauma she thought she had buried is slowly taking her with it.
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.
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