Androgyny & Crossdressing in movies

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Re: Androgyny in movies

Post by DavidZahir » Sun Apr 03, 2011 5:48 pm

Couldn't manage to embed the video but here is the trailer for Twelfth Night (1996):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8DGoF0CQlU
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Post by DMt. » Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:17 pm

Grace Jones reportedly got so, er, 'in character' that in one of the fight scenes she injured quite a few people...
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Re: Androgyny in movies

Post by abner_mohl » Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:48 pm

Julie Andrews in Victor/Victoria:
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Post by a_contemplative_life » Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:49 pm

DMt. wrote:Grace Jones reportedly got so, er, 'in character' that in one of the fight scenes she injured quite a few people...
She looks formidable.
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Post by abner_mohl » Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:52 pm

John Lithgow was nominated for an Oscar for playing a transgendered character in the World According to Garp in 1982:
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Tim Curry from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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Post by Nightrider » Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:03 pm

This more of a transvestite then true androgyny, but I couldn't help it...I think he deserves a special mention.
Awesome Ted Levine as Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs :)

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Post by Dragonclaws » Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:22 pm

Oh, also, John Travolta did a good job as Edna in Hairspray:

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Re: Androgyny in movies

Post by crazychristina » Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:55 pm

[quote="DavidZahir"]Couldn't manage to embed the video but here is the trailer for Twelfth Night (1996):

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8DGoF0CQlU[/url][/quote]

You do it like this [youtube]F8DGoF0CQlU[/youtube] using the video number
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Post by abner_mohl » Sun Apr 03, 2011 8:20 pm

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Divine in John Water's original version of Hair Spray

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