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.
Larson's Field (2013)
While walking home from school, two boys discover the charred remains of a body in a nearby field - a body that is not quite human. With Halloween night quickly approaching, the boys hide the body in an abandoned shed until they can decide the best way to announce their "discovery" to the world. What begins as a dream of fame and celebrity soon becomes a nightmare when the boys return with their friends that night on a dare, only to find the gruesome thing they had locked away was not nearly as dead as they'd imagined.
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While walking home from school, two boys discover the charred remains of a body in a nearby field - a body that is not quite human. With Halloween night quickly approaching, the boys hide the body in an abandoned shed until they can decide the best way to announce their "discovery" to the world. What begins as a dream of fame and celebrity soon becomes a nightmare when the boys return with their friends that night on a dare, only to find the gruesome thing they had locked away was not nearly as dead as they'd imagined.
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