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This week Hairy Harmonies looks at real life trans stories turned into made-for-TV Emmy-bait. There is a lot to criticize here, from lack of cinematic style, through self-praise for making 'important' content, to simplified stories made for wide distribution, but on the positive side, at least these stories DID get wide distribution. So let's see how the mainstream tries to be accepting. First, from Showtime, is Soldier's Girl (2003), and then Carlotta (2014) from Australia's ABC. Yes, there's singing.
Soldier's Girl (2003)
1h 52min 1sec, English with optional English subtitles
Director: Frank Pierson
Synopsis: Within the on-base army culture of toxic masculinity and shaming everyone for anything all the time, one soldier becomes attracted to night club personality.
2004 Winner AFI Award TV Program of the Year
Carlotta (2014)
1h 31min 3sec, English with hard coded in English subtitles
Director: Samantha Lang
Synopsis: Jessica Marais, stars as Carlotta in this TV movie based on the extraordinary life of the iconic Les Girls headliner and Australian transgender pioneer (yes, they cast a cis woman for the lead trans role).
Won 3 2015 AACTA Awards (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts):
Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama: Eamon Farren
Best Production Design in Television: Murray Picknett
Best Costume Design in Television: Jenny Miles
p.s. The real Carlotta was born in 1943 and is still active at age 82.
Content Warnings:
Soldier's Girl: U.S. Rated R for sexual content, a scene of strong violence and language
Sex & Nudity: Mild
Violence & Gore: Moderate
Profanity: Severe
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking: Severe
Frightening & Intense Scenes: Moderate
hidden spoilers from https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/215695
37 spoilers that won't ruin the movie
someone leaves without saying goodbye
someone watched without knowing
someone becomes unconscious
alcohol abuse
blood/gore
hands damaged
teeth damaged
head squashed
dislocations
someone beaten up by a bully
someone dies
LGBT person dies
vomit
someone says "I'll kill myself"
someone has a mental illness
someone has a meltdown
mentally ill person violent
incarceration
body dysmorphia
screaming
obscene language/gestures
hate speech
homophobic slurs
transphobic slurs
someone misgendered
"Man in a dress" jokes
jokes about sexual assault on men
male character ridiculed for crying
r*pe mentioned
babies or unborn children
sexual content
nude scenes
someone sexually objectified
someone sexually assaulted onscreen
someone sexually assaulted (aggressive fondling)
car honk or tires screech
gun violence
2 spoilers that might ruin the movie
major character dies
sad ending
Carlotta: Australia DVD rating: M (there's no graphic violence)
no ratings nor warnings on imdb nor on https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/335852 BUT there were things I noticed so I made my own list for us:
9 spoilers that won't ruin the movie
The film is set in the 1960s/70s and deals with gender and gender reassignment through that lens
abusive parents
domestic abuse
homophobic slurs
onscreen sexual assault (brief)
hospital scene
someone commits suicide
someone dies
LGBTQ person dies
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