Boys on the Side
Flirting and skirting, eh? So in this movie there is some definite flirting with the ideas of lesbian love and interracial friendship. But it was presented in a very good way and did not pressure anybody or make viewers feel awkward. This movie flirts with the idea of interracial friendship by allowing two characters of different races to get along very well even though their personalities are very different from each other. This movie is not afraid to have a white woman and a black woman be friends and even moreso lovers. It brings up these two topics together and allows us as viewers to just accept these two people for who they are and what they are in relation to each other and the rest of the world. I'm glad it does this too because although I am sometimes hesitant on watching two girls fall in love, it brings it up in a manner that's easy to swallow and understand. Props on that to the director, by the way. When it comes to skirting the ideas of homophobia and racism, this movie also does that very well. When it comes to racism in here, there is a little bit of an issue with it here and there, but not so much that the entire movie seems focused on it and how it is wrong and etc. This movie as a matter of fact jokes around with it a little bit as the white mom seems astounded that her daughter had been living with a black woman. Racism is handled well in this film and because of that pushes away the issue and transforms it into just another characteristic someone happens to have, like blue eyes or brown hair. Homophobia is handled well in here too because it is not so blatently obvious that it's going to make viewers feel wierd if they watched this movie for the first time. I liked this film a lot and thought it did a great job making the playing fields more even.