Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
I would have to agree on the idea that the article, Disassociated Masculinities and Geographies of the Road by Aitken and Lukinbeal, brings up about the road of masculinities in the movie are restrained by the logic of hegemonic masculinity. From the film the 3 male characters face a closed-minded society while out on the road with a few of exceptions for some characters they meet, such as Bob who helps them fix their bus whenever it breaks down. They have faced many challenges with society not accepting these men for what they are, .and the many rude looks they get towards them especially when these men go to the bar or out shopping.
Felicia who goes out to get a beer outside with a group of very closed-minded men, gets run down by the men, because they did not like how Felicia was a man. Felicia almost gets attacked until Bob steps in and helps him out. Then we have Mitzi who has a son and is very worried of what he might think of his dad, because of some society's reactions when he is on the trip with the bus being vandalized and not accepting these men. Now, there is Bernadette who knees a man in his groin name Frank who states, "Well I'll be darned. The whole circus is in town" then disrespects Bernadette by telling him to go screw with him. Throughout the movie and in the end of the movie these men accept themselves, and do not let the challenges get in their way of how the norm of what men are suppose to act like.