OK, this is driving me crazy! What is Liev Schreiber's character's (Chris) nickname in the movie? Is it Arnold?
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lucyjad — 12 years ago(August 05, 2013 02:00 PM)
I think the term "transvestite" being used is more a sign of the time in which it was produced, before trans* rights. I believe Chris is supposed to be transgendered (please note not all transgendered people have had sexual reassignment surgery). The reason I think this is because when Chris answers the phone somebody says to her "can I talk to a woman" and she replies "I am a woman", suggesting that Chris has a female gender identity. As an aside, most trans* people I'm friends with consider the term "tranny" to be incredibly offensive as these days it is most frequently used as a slur.
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mam13143 — 12 years ago(December 11, 2013 05:25 PM)
He is clearly a tranny or more likely a cross dresser - that is why he is so depressed. The family calls him Arnold to ridicule his cross dressing. And he does a fantastic job in the role too. First time I saw this I truly laughed out loud !
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Uncle Dave M — 9 years ago(April 17, 2016 03:56 PM)
So to be clear in these happy PC days is this character a "transvestite" or a "transsexual" ??
I'm thinking that if the persona has had the surgery, or is seriously preparing for it, they would be a "transsexual".
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Lunar_Pilgrim — 9 years ago(April 17, 2016 09:35 PM)
Greetings, from a real, live transgender woman! Transexual and transvestite are both outdated terms/concepts from the too-long-standing history of hiding trans/non-binary people deep in the social/economic/political/so on closet. I don't have the time to go into at length presently, so here's some very helpful info-graphics:
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breno_bacci — 9 years ago(July 19, 2016 02:01 PM)
He recently revived his trans persona on Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock. I thought he was the funniest thing about that movie since, come on, Schreiber is a huge dude.
Just to be clear, I don't mean in any way to offend trans people, or rather to imply that huge dudes can only be cisgendered. I don't think his acting in either movie was disrespectful to trans people. Humorous yes, but not disrespectful. I hope he keeps doing comedies, because he's surprisingly good at it.
Let's all agree to keep signatures apart from text body?
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Lunar_Pilgrim — 9 years ago(January 09, 2017 03:03 PM)
I wouldn't say his acting/roles were disrespectful, either. Considering this was 1994, the Chris character was well-handled.
He is good at injecting humor when needed. Incidentally, have you seen Goon? Very funny film and he has some great scenes in there with Sean William Scott.
