And nice illustration of gender and performativity…
This clip from the 1970s film CAR WASH features a snappy comeback to a hypermasculine Black Panther type in ways that make us think about both Butler’s and Halberstam’s arguments. The clip is taken from an amazing film, The Celluloid Closet, that surveys Hollywood’s representation of queer subjects over a long (and mostly sorry) history:
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