Trans Allegories in Film: 'Your Name' (2016)
Our protagonists perform as the opposite gender while still preserving the parts of their personalities that makes themselves who they are.

Our protagonists perform as the opposite gender while still preserving the parts of their personalities that makes themselves who they are.
A South Korean romantic drama film that brings a strong first love story.
I understand that this would have been consistent with the language used by that generation, due to its role in the medical profession, however as someone who has family members with Down Syndrome I took it very personally.
This emotional, frightening, and dreamlike story examines the ways actresses are exploited in the name of art.
Considering the runtime, I expected each scene to hit harder as opposed to a series of montages and vignettes.
Battles will come and go and queer people do die for their identity and fights for rights, but that doesn’t mean the gays don’t deserve their happy endings in stories.