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    "Carlotta",
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  "textContent": "submitted by Camden28 to blorp\n14 points | 1 comments\n\n\nIMPORTANT NOTE: _please_ use a VPN whenever visiting Blorptube to keep your IP secure. Honestly, use a VPN anywhere on the internet because other sites may have similar issues. More on security concerns here: hexbear.net/post/3471120\n\nThis 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.\n\n## Soldier’s Girl (2003)\n\n1h 52min 1sec, English with optional English subtitles\nDirector: Frank Pierson\n\nSynopsis: 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.\n\n2004 Winner AFI Award TV Program of the Year\n\n## Carlotta (2014)\n\n1h 31min 3sec, English with hard coded in English subtitles\nDirector: Samantha Lang\n\nSynopsis: 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).\n\nWon 3 2015 AACTA Awards (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts):\nBest Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama: Eamon Farren\nBest Production Design in Television: Murray Picknett\nBest Costume Design in Television: Jenny Miles\n\n_p.s. The real Carlotta was born in 1943 and is still active at age 82._\n\n# Content Warnings:\n\n**Soldier’s Girl** : U.S. Rated R for sexual content, **a scene of strong violence** and language\nSex & Nudity: Mild\nViolence & Gore: Moderate\nProfanity: Severe\nAlcohol, Drugs & Smoking: Severe\nFrightening & Intense Scenes: Moderate\nhidden spoilers from www.doesthedogdie.com/media/215695 :::spoiler 37 spoilers that won’t ruin the movie someone leaves without saying goodbye\nsomeone watched without knowing\nsomeone becomes unconscious\nalcohol abuse\nblood/gore\nhands damaged\nteeth damaged\nhead squashed\ndislocations\nsomeone beaten up by a bully\nsomeone dies\nLGBT person dies\nvomit\nsomeone says “I’ll kill myself”\nsomeone has a mental illness\nsomeone has a meltdown\nmentally ill person violent\nincarceration\nbody dysmorphia\nscreaming\nobscene language/gestures\nhate speech\nhomophobic slurs\ntransphobic slurs\nsomeone misgendered\n“Man in a dress” jokes\njokes about sexual assault on men\nmale character ridiculed for crying\nr*pe mentioned\nbabies or unborn children\nsexual content\nnude scenes\nsomeone sexually objectified\nsomeone sexually assaulted onscreen\nsomeone sexually assaulted (aggressive fondling)\ncar honk or tires screech\ngun violence\n::: :::spoiler 2 spoilers that might ruin the movie major character dies\nsad ending\n:::\n\n**Carlotta** : Australia DVD rating: M (there’s no graphic violence)\nno ratings nor warnings on imdb nor on www.doesthedogdie.com/media/335852 BUT there were things I noticed so I made my own list for us:\n:::spoiler 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\nabusive parents\ndomestic abuse\nhomophobic slurs\nonscreen sexual assault (brief)\nhospital scene\nsomeone commits suicide\nsomeone dies\nLGBTQ person dies\n:::\n\n**Blorping begins @ 4:00pm EDT/20:00 UTC**\nblorp.bot.nu/o/visual_cuisine\n**Remember: everyone should use a VPN for blorptube and any peertube.**\n\n# letterboxd\n\nletterboxd.com/film/soldiers-girl/\nletterboxd.com/film/carlotta/\n\n# movie links:\n\n  * 4pm EDT / 20:00 UTC - Soldier’s Girl: tankie.tube/w/iNVJCvYL5SiTHURw3cqR8D\n  * 6pm EDT / 22:00 UTC - Carlotta: tankie.tube/w/3gaXVg9TScay9MBeUdxd8f\n\n\n\nMatrices for blorptube: matrix.to/#/#visual_cuisine:matrix.org | matrix.to/#/#blorptube:matrix.org",
  "title": "TV Takes on True-life Trans Stories: Soldier's Girl (2003) & Carlotta (2014) @ 4pm EDT / 20:00 UTC for Hairy Harmonies"
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