Word: genderism
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...issue still has the power to polarize. What's remarkable in this battle is how deeply each side feels itself a victim of the other's intolerance. The Green group in Parliament claimed that Buttiglione's "personal beliefs make it unlikely that he will take any positive initiative on gender equality." Martin Schulz, head of the Socialist group, bluntly accused Buttiglione of espousing "19th century values." But Carlo Giovanardi, Italy's Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and a Buttiglione ally, says a "Taliban" mentality has consumed his opponents: "We haven't seen an attack against religious freedom like this since...
Twenty minutes into the press screening of Stage Beauty, British stage director Richard Eyre’s dramatic romp through the gender politics of 17th century theater, the film reel—quite literally—burned up. But the twenty-minute pause required for repairs was hardly a change of pace. The film suffers from a haphazard and disorganized structure; the shaky cinematography is positively migraine-inducing; and the “mood” lighting simply worked to obscure any attempt to discern what was happening...
...sultriness and sans Tom Stoppard’s once-over on the screenplay, Stage Beauty is a raucous, vulgar mess. Between two rather abrupt (and unsatisfying) oral sex scenes, cliché moments of Maria finding her on-stage presence (again with the doe eyes) and its hamfisted themes of gender identity, the filmmakers abandoned any attempt to make a coherent and entertaining film—or to give viewers a taste of the 17th century, as Shakespeare in Love did so well...
...rather than sensitively exploring the complexities of constructing gender in a pre-Judith Butler world, the movie’s incessantly pat heteronormativity borders on the offensive: Kynston can’t be a man again until he sleeps with a woman, and there are repeated jokes about how one partner in a same-sex relationship must always play the woman. Even the lovable Rupert Everett, hamming it up in the role of the pompous but strikingly enlightened King Charles II, couldn’t redeem the film though, it should be noted, the second aforementioned sex scene involved...
Take a break from studying for your Science B-29 midterm with a trip to the Harvard Film Archive to see Dustin Hoffman’s gender-bending “Tootsie.” The 1982 film classic features Hoffman as a scheming out-of-work actor who becomes a soap star—as a woman. $8 Regular $6 Students, Faculty and Staff, Senior Citizens 7 p.m. Carpenter Center...