Analysis Of The Film Crossing The Borderlands Of...

Jenny Morales 2/07/15 Crossing the Borderlands of Sexuality and Gender. The film that I decided to watch was a documentary by Gabriel Baur named Venus Boyz. This documentary film serves as a critique of gender and sex and how it is perceived in New York, London, and Zurich, but ultimately the world. In this documentary the world of Drag Kings is presented to its viewers. Drag Kings are mostly women performers who dress in male clothing in order to personify gender stereotypes. Normally performing as exaggerated male characters whose routine may consist of dancing and singing, these characters in the end, become political activists who break the boundaries that society has set on every individual’s sexuality and gender†¦show more content†¦We see it again when Dred decides to walk time square hand in hand with a Queen Bee Luscious, a drag queen. In the background we hear a passerby say a statement referring to God. Viewing this documentary we realize that cross dressing, as a man, is not as acceptable as many would think. Not j ust crossing dressing in generally but even not embodying how females should look is deemed as being deviant. Society has this spectrum that every individual as soon as they are born is classified into groups. There are only two categories. On one end you have the masculine males and on the other the girly women. There is no in between. Even though there are many people who fall into these middle categories. This is reinforced through media as we see both men and women trying to conform into their assigned categories. What Drag Kings do is try to break this concept as it is poisonous to women and men who don’t fit in and suffer trying to conform to the social roles placed on them. For example, let’s look at hair. In the documentary we see some females who decided to shave their head hair. Angela says â€Å"that female sexuality for many men, not all but many, is linked strongly with hair. If you shave it, it means that you are denying your female sexuality†. It is not just simply shaving your head that is the reason that you are making a statement. It is the way Angela uses it in her shows that demonstrates