Boys on the Side
Boys on the Side was certainly a movie that flirted with lesbian love and friendship. I think that both Robin and Jane were seeking a compainion or someone to care for them and love them. When they found eachother it seemed that nothing would come of it but they were both suprised. They made a deep connection and Jane's character might have hoped for a little more but in all reality just seemed to get her hopes up. Robin on the other hand at times seemed like she needed someone to care for her so badly that she might have questioned her relationship type with Jane. She might have thought that she would never find a companion if she did not accept Jane's love. Robin seemed to have a lot of anger that I think was displaced from her illness in the movie onto her relationship with the closest person to her, which was Jane. Their friendship became so strong that it was not a suprise that there was confusion with where their relationship stood. Their friendship blossomed, and was not greatly affected by their interracial status, it was only at the beginning before they realized that their differences didn't matter. The only other time that race and sexuality came up was with Robin's mother and she seemed to relax about it as she got to know Jane as well. She learned not to judge a book by it's cover.