Documentary
I feel that Boys Don't Cry was able to bring up taboo issues that much of society rarely acknowledges in an empathetic intimate style.The documentary would definately not have engaged the audience as well as the Hollywood narritive because the narritive was formatted to give a more personal, yet milder content suited for a wider audience range. It still is gritty enough to be considered offensive by many people, but it gives an insite on the violence surrounding the so often disregarded 'others' in society. Also, the Hollywood film was not a best seller. Many people do not care to pay money to watch a film that will make them uncomfortable. If Boys Don't Cry were a documentary, I think even fewer people would have seen it. I think that the choice to omit certain parts of the true story was beneficial in that it allowed the viewer to get more involved with the characters and film. If it were a documentary, it would have been more aloof because we would only know half the story. This way we are able to be taken into Brandon Teena's life, even if its not wholly accurate.