#the birdcage
still so fucking weird to go from real life, where a cis man being flamboyant/effeminate/camp is judged like 70+% by how he speaks and carries himself, to online queer communities, which often seem to have no concept of male gender non-conformity that doesn’t involve wearing a skirt
i promise you, a man can be fem to the point of being in danger while wearing literally exactly the same thing as a hypermasculine guy. a boring basic black suit. a t shirt and jeans. a UNIFORM. gender conformity is not only about what you wear
None of you have watched that heartbreaking scene in The Birdcage where Albert gives up wearing everything he likes to try and blend in for their son’s conservative prospective in-laws and is so awkward and uncomfortable that no one says much until finally he says, defeated, “I know what you’re thinking - dressed like this, I’m even more obvious, aren’t I?” and it shows.
Here, have your queer heart broken:
This is what I’m talking about. This is still literally how it is in most places in the Midwest if you’re trying to “pass” for straight/cis/whatever.
This scene still makes me laugh like crazy every time I see it. Robin Williams is hilarious.
- Jokes about sexual identity and orientation were sailing way over my head in 1996. So approximately 110% of this movie was lost on me.
- I do remember being fascinated by a statistic going around at the time about Robin Williams. He was the first actor to have two $100 million movies out in theaters at the same time. Astonishingly I think the other one was Jumanji?
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happy pride, here is the entire summary of what it means to be ‘’visibly queer’’ to me, watch the Birdcage
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Iconic 90’s movies with some iconic couples
In the Birdcage when they cleaned up the miami house from all the ornate furniture and greek statues and made it look like a medieval christian barn in order to impress the republicans… literally kim and kanye could never but I wonder if they stole the whole idea
