I would agree with what Dr. McMahan has written but I would like Mr.
Farrell to explain this line from his posting a little more clearly:
"The actual events themselves are most definitely perpetrated by a
schizophrenic woman". m.
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From: Alison McMahan <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 12:02 PM
Subject: madness
>I've seen Boys don't Cry, and I also saw the documentary made about
it. It
>struck me how close the two were. In any case, based on the
cinematic
>representation alone (although I was aware of the actual case when it
>happened), s/he wasn't mad, nor were the people around them. Brandon
had a
>lot of problems (not being able to make a living seemed to be top of
the
>list), and there was this class issue which the movie deals with
pretty
>well, for an american film! But I wouldn't say it was about madness.
It's
>more about tribal relations, the disruption of a tribe by an
outsider, etc.
>AMc
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