Lesbian Heroine?
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clunkygirl — 19 years ago(July 30, 2006 12:47 PM)
I think Mary's sexual orientation was not touched on at all in this film, rather, it was her lack of sexual interest
(this was implied to be the case even in life for her as she indicated at the doctor's office). Most people fall in the middle of the bell curve when it comes to sex drive/attractiveness and behavior. Couple this with the saturation of sex in film and it easy to forget that there are promiscuous hetero, homo, bi and asexuals just as there are sexually inactive hetero, homo, bi and asexuals - in other words, not everyone is ahem horny. And jeez, the neighbor is a caricature of a sleaze-ball - it seems the writer's intention that he be undesirable, period.
Lesbians have issues with men? Straight women do as well! I'm joking, sort of - generalizations like that are sweeping.
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DetectiveDoug — 19 years ago(September 09, 2006 08:33 PM)
Kind of off-topic, but if she was so anti-social, who were those two girls in the car with her? I'm not pushing for or against the lesbian thing (I do doubt it), but doesn't a playful joyride with friends seem like a strange way to introduce an emotionally detached/numbed character?
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TwoFace224 — 19 years ago(September 13, 2006 02:02 PM)
Personally i found nothing in this movie that made me think that Mary was a Lesbian. Sure she pushed away John. But if the only man who came on to you was a guy who looked like he worked for the mob. had Greasie hair and most likly had a weird shrine of you with some hair clipings. You would be running to the exit to. Now if some nice looking handsome guy was living down the hall. I think her reaction would have been different. Plus the fact that she was
Dead
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NobodyMove — 19 years ago(November 10, 2006 09:17 PM)
Mary's lack of interest in men is meant to represent sexual death. For a detailed analysis, check out this site:
http://www.horror-wood.com/carny.htm
http://armedrobbery.blogspot.com/