Media analysis : Transamerica (2005) Transamerica is a 2005 independent dramedy produced by IFC Films and The Weinstein Company. The film tells the story of Bree, a transsexual woman (Felicity Huffman), who goes on a road trip with her long-lost son Toby (Kevin Zegers). The movie is marked by an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning performance by Huffman, who is also known for her performance in Desperate Housewives. The character's name is Bree - which turns out to be short for Sabrina. One day Bree receives a phone call from someone asking for Stanley - her old male name. It is from a New York police station,
And no-one can do anything about that. If they say so then all the people around them have to act like they wish. They are absolutely innocently taking the advantage of other innocent people. Certainly we cannot talk about all disabled people from that point of view, but the exception affirms the rule. And in Britain, you can find a lot of exceptions. The second thing which also amused me was the humiliation of other people for unjustified reasons. The scene of a transsexual lady, feeling sick and puking in the teacup was a perfect example of humiliation in nowadays just in different context. It is a real problematic topic every single country and it only gets worse. Actually it is quite sad that people are only laughing at it, ignoring the problem whether they see it or not. But as to look from the other side then it is good that even if people haven't noticed it yet, then maybe the problem comes out from making fun of it? Maybe
Sonchai has an american father whom he has never met. He is married to a pregnant girl named Chanya who used to be a ,,bar girl". Sonchai recevies a DVD showing the murder of an ex-girlfriend named Damrong. The DVD is a ,,snuff" movie, made to get a huge profit. As investigating the murder Sonchai soon realizes that many very wealth and powerful people are involved. Working trough the investigation he works with hes assistant Lek who is a transsexual and also with an american FBI agent. He must report hes every action to hes superior Colonel Vikorn.Vikorn is only interested in this investigation because of the amount of money he heard the guilty part got from making a movie like that. The two known but can't be proved yet guilty people are Damrongs' ex-husband and a crazy yet very smart lawyer . There is also a monk in the book who comes every once and a while to use the internet in a cafe near the bar
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