1/12/2024 0 Comments Tangerine 2015While Sin-Dee walks across L.A pursuing her rival, Alexandra walks to invite her pals to a Club in which she will perform that night. Even though the characters’ background reveal a sad and realistic portrayal of trans people - the lack of opportunities lead many of them to the dangerous world of prostitution - that doesn’t mean that they are confined to subjects of much prurient curiosity. The movie was shot on on iPhone 5s providing intimacy between audience and characters. Both are sex workers and Sin-Dee hears that her boyfriend and pimp, Chester (James Ransone) has cheated on her with a white fish, a slang for a white cis woman. Sin-Dee Rella (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) has just gotten out of prison after 28 days and meets her friend Alexandra (Mya Taylor) at a donut shop in Hollywood on Christmas Eve. They belong to the part of Hollywood that we don’t know, just like we don’t really know the trans world. Differently from The Danish Girl, Tangerine brings two trans actresses as protagonists. It had positive accomplishments, however, being a huge box office hit at that time and leading the audience to be touched by the story of Lili Elbe, one of the first people to undergo sex reassignment surgery. Although the first movie tells us a true trans story, it was protagonized by a cis male actor. The Danish Girl and Tangerine were also 2015 productions which portrayed trans individuals. In the face of that, it’s not bad.” said Laverne to a Q&A at Macy’s Herald Square In New York City. “Certainly there are fewer opportunities for someone like me being black and being trans and being a woman. Worse, society doesn’t even recognize the “transgender umbrella”, a term that refers to a wide-ranging number of people with different gender identities. Another issue to be taken into account is that not all trans folks transition and society confines them to the idea that they can only be considered real “woman” or “man” if they have gone through it. Many trans people still struggle to have their gender identity recognized by the law and to be socially accepted. It is important that they tell their own stories because we do not want to perpetuate a single and prejudiced story about them. A lot of what was erroneously said about these individuals has been replaced by their own narratives and experiences. We will always remember the black trans actress Laverne Cox, from the ground-breaking show Orange Is the New Black, as the one who has opened the doors for trans artists to be taken serious once her character in the series is given a humanized and multidimensional nuance. These screen productions raised discussions on trans lives, on how they have been marginalized and considered less of a human by society. In 2015, trans lives were on the spotlight due to TV shows like Transparent, and I Am Cait - the last one brings Caitlyn Jenner, considered the most famous openly transgender woman in the world. Mya Taylor, in the left and Kitana Kiki Rodriguez in Sean Baker’s Tangerine (2015)
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