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toastykittenAt the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World, a short film by David Cronenberg in which he stars as the last Jew about to commit suicide while two Fox-ish commentators watch and talk about it like it's a sports event. It's a very interesting short, and there's some commentary from the director himself, who says he normally doesn't identify as Jewish.
Via GreenCine, the other Netflix.
We finished Transgeneration, and I wish there were more! Definitely get it if you can find it. There's supposed to be a reunion episode, but I couldn't find it.
Via GreenCine, the other Netflix.
We finished Transgeneration, and I wish there were more! Definitely get it if you can find it. There's supposed to be a reunion episode, but I couldn't find it.
I'm just going to talk about them one by one:
Raci - it kills me that for most of the year that she's been carrying that same Ralph Lauren Polo messenger bag that I carried throughout college. According to stuff I've read online, she's turned into quite a student activist, something I would never have pegged her as being during the first few episodes. She also seemed to me, despite her poverty and her hearing disability, to be the most fortunate out of all of the other people, especially since she had that crucial family support. I was really happy for her when she came out to her friends and to her school, and she seemed to be doing quite well at the end of the documentary.
Gabby - God, she annoyed me as the show went on. According to my research, she's since matured a lot and has started dating some people. But yeah, for the majority of the show, I kept yelling at her to stand up straight, and to stop being so damn selfish. I wish she hadn't bailed on her transgender friend who had the other, cheaper surgery that I can't seem to spell close enough to find. It was so funny, though, as her sisters were interviewed about the process and they were all "I don't want to see it."
Lucas - He seemed to be pretty well-adjusted and mature about everything, and I'm glad he reconciled with his dad at the end. One of the things I didn't really think about before watching this was how hard it is for the parents to deal with this sort of major change - though I guess "change" is not exactly the right word. It almost seems like mourning the death of the child you raised because all your preconceptions of that child have to go flying out the door.
T.J. - I was really sad about his story. I didn't like his girlfriend, who seemed pretty normal, but there was just something off about her. I was relieved that they broke up. His friend commented that if he had to go through what T.J. had to go through with his family, he probably would have bailed. I knew there was no way T.J. would bail on his community, because it's probably one of the most important things in his life. God, that scene when his mom and T.J. talk about the situation - we kept laughing even though it was a very serious scene because the guilt-tripping was so familiar. There's really no easy solution for him, and I wish there was. After he finished school, he had to move back to Cyprus for two years as Tamar.
Raci - it kills me that for most of the year that she's been carrying that same Ralph Lauren Polo messenger bag that I carried throughout college. According to stuff I've read online, she's turned into quite a student activist, something I would never have pegged her as being during the first few episodes. She also seemed to me, despite her poverty and her hearing disability, to be the most fortunate out of all of the other people, especially since she had that crucial family support. I was really happy for her when she came out to her friends and to her school, and she seemed to be doing quite well at the end of the documentary.
Gabby - God, she annoyed me as the show went on. According to my research, she's since matured a lot and has started dating some people. But yeah, for the majority of the show, I kept yelling at her to stand up straight, and to stop being so damn selfish. I wish she hadn't bailed on her transgender friend who had the other, cheaper surgery that I can't seem to spell close enough to find. It was so funny, though, as her sisters were interviewed about the process and they were all "I don't want to see it."
Lucas - He seemed to be pretty well-adjusted and mature about everything, and I'm glad he reconciled with his dad at the end. One of the things I didn't really think about before watching this was how hard it is for the parents to deal with this sort of major change - though I guess "change" is not exactly the right word. It almost seems like mourning the death of the child you raised because all your preconceptions of that child have to go flying out the door.
T.J. - I was really sad about his story. I didn't like his girlfriend, who seemed pretty normal, but there was just something off about her. I was relieved that they broke up. His friend commented that if he had to go through what T.J. had to go through with his family, he probably would have bailed. I knew there was no way T.J. would bail on his community, because it's probably one of the most important things in his life. God, that scene when his mom and T.J. talk about the situation - we kept laughing even though it was a very serious scene because the guilt-tripping was so familiar. There's really no easy solution for him, and I wish there was. After he finished school, he had to move back to Cyprus for two years as Tamar.
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