Cross-dressing in film and television

Girls disguise themselves as boys? The play Twelfth Night and the movie She’s the Man are not similar at all. First of all, the traits of the characters in the play are not at all similar to the ones in the movie. Secondly, the plot is different in the movie than the play. Finally, the disguises and cross dressings are for different purposes. Here are the many differences I found in the play and the movie. Firstly, the characters in She’s the Man and Twelfth Night are very different. In She's the Man, Viola is portrayed as more aggressive while in Twelfth Night, she is carefree being a servant. With She's the Man, Viola's conflict is man vs. man, because the soccer coach canceled the girl's soccer team. It was also man vs. society because…

As society progresses, the people are becoming more open, and are discovering this is not the case. Cross-dressing, simply stated, is dressing as the opposite gender. One does not need to a homosexual, transgender, or transexual to do so. Some straight males cross-dress for various reasons but do not identify as transgender or transexual. Though these communities do cross over into one another, which lead one to be confounded on the appropriate terminology that is both respectful and accepted.…

Screwball is a comedy film that became exclusive during the Great Depression. This film brought laughs and joy to those who watched it, at the time of the Great Depression. Screwball originated in the 1930s and became very popular in the early 1940s. During the time of the Great Depression the demand for social films skyrocketed. Screwball was a form of comedy that allow for victims of the Great Depression to escape from that troubling time. This form of comedy made it safe to discuss things…

119) The purpose of this dissertation is to discuss the portrayal of drag queens within musical theatre and how, if any, societies perceptions have changed over the last 40 plus years. This research will be revised between 1970 to the present day, which will include case studies from three major plays/films and one television show. Those being discussed will include, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hairspray, Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Ru Paul’s Drag Race. Using the information collected,…

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He turned a little sideways in his chair to drink his mug of coffee. At the table on his left the man with the strident voice was still talking remorselessly away. A young woman who was perhaps his secretary, and who was sitting with her back to Winston, was listening to him and seemed to be eagerly agreeing with everything that he said. From time to time Winston caught some such remark as 'I think you're so right, I do so agree with you', uttered in a youthful and rather silly feminine voice.…

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