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- The film isn’t just another case of irresponsible casting or harmful stereotypes, like much of Hollywood’s long, ugly treatment of the trans community; it’s the most dangerous movie about a trans character in years. If Girl takes home an Oscar, it would be a drastic step backwards for trans representation in Hollywood.
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Mar 14, 2019 · Before she watched her life play out on screen, transgender dancer Nora Monsecour never felt she could truly connect with a character in a film. And though Girl —which was released on Netflix today after being highly awarded at the Cannes Film Festival last year—isn’t a biography, “the essence of the story is the same,” says Monsecour ...
Mar 15, 2019 · Out today, Girl has been called ‘‘the most dangerous movie about a trans character in years” – but director Lukas Dhont and dancer Nora Monsecour, who inspired the film, disagree. Here, they share their views on the controversy
Dec 4, 2018 · 'Girl,' Belgium's foreign-language Oscar submission, is a dangerous movie about a trans character, according to critic Oliver Whitney.
- Oliver Whitney
Jan 3, 2019 · Trans film critic Oliver Whitney went so far to say that Girl is the “most dangerous movie about a trans character in years.” What has trans and nonbinary critics rankled — besides the fact that the film was written and directed by a cisgender director and stars a cisgender actor — is a graphic scene toward the end of the film that ...
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Jan 2, 2019 · The film critic Oliver Whitney wrote in The Hollywood Reporter that “Girl” is the “most dangerous movie about a trans character in years.” Whitney, who identifies as trans masculine, told me...
- Erik Piepenburg
Writing for The Hollywood Reporter, Oliver Whitney, who identifies as trans masculine, [22] described Girl as "the most dangerous movie about a trans character in years".
Dec 5, 2018 · Trans film critics have widely condemned the Netflix-distributed film Girl—a contender at next year’s Oscars—as “dangerous” and “sickening.”
