The Aggressives
Movie • 2005
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This acclaimed documentary -- made by one of the fashion worlds most sought after casting directors -- picks up where Paris is Burning left off, focusing on a group of six NYC lesbians who dress and identify as men, blurring the lines between butch dyke and trans-male identities. For our guest host, writer-artist-performer and member of NY's own House of Ladosha, Juliana Huxtable, the film explores “the complexities of how desire is negotiated between the multitude of gender types in the ballroom community."
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Pre-credit scene after the main scenes are done. Discusses what happens to the main characters after filming.
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Breast’s and ass are shown.
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F*g and d*ke used by members of the LGBTQ community to describe themselves not used against them.
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A theme through the film are butch main characters and their partners/families saying over and over that they’ll “always be women/females”. Not directly misgendering, because from what can be deduced from the film they all identify as women, but definitely could trigger dysphoria, especially for some AFAB folks.
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Yes, in some of the ball scenes. But it’s all consensual and for show.
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Not exactly, but a main character talks about having nothing but a pill and no food the day before.
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Yes, by black people. Not as a slur.
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Not themes per se, but a main character mentions she “doesn’t believe in abortions.”
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Does an LGBT person die?
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No, but one of the main characters goes missing at the end and her whereabouts are unknown.
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Not outed but a couple main character’s mom’s don’t respond very supportively to their kids coming out and say that they “hope it’s just a phase.”
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One of the main characters briefly discusses her affair with a married woman. It is non-graphic.
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A main character disappears and loses contact with the documentary creators and her wearabouts are unknown. Also one of the main characters mentions that her mother left her as a child presumably without saying goodbye.
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A main character goes to prison for selling drugs to an undercover cop. She talks about her experience in an interview and there is some B-roll footage of the prison. Nothing graphic discussed or shown. She mentions that prison felt like slavery and she’s glad to be out.
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Is there menstruation?
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At least one of the main characters mentions in an interview that their mother left them when they were a child.
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Several main characters mention in interviews that their parent(s) died, but it is not discussed in detail or lingered on.
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Brief mention of a main character “not believing in abortions”.
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One character is shown in recovery about a surgery. They are not in danger and the mood is not fearful.
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One of the main characters talks about how she’s done dating “transsexuals” and wants to date a “real female”. A lot of the ways she talks about trans people might be considered transphobic by today’s standards.
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We find out in the pre-credits that a main character loses their relationship with their fiancée suddenly after filming. And another character is discussed to have gone missing after the filming and their whereabouts are unknown. Not a fully sad ending, because it “works out” for some other main characters, but left me feeling kind of bummed anyway.
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