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I feel a little better this morning. My temperature seems to be normal again. My body still aches, but that may have to do with over-exerting myself Friday night.
Last night I watched a Thai movie called Satree lek (The Iron Ladies) with Dara.
The Iron Ladies are a group of misfit volleyball players who come together under the leadership of a lesbian coach and compete for the national championship. The team is comprised of a single straight "normal" guy who is the captain and 8 others including one ts woman and a male transvestite. None of the members take themselves seriously.. they wear drag makeup while playing matches and taunt the opposing teams. It's really quite funny. The team captain isn't so wild about his teammates, which causes friction and is one of several storylines in the film. After much drama the team comes together to win the national championship, which nobody expected to happen.
I wasn't so comfortable with filmmaker's insistence that all of the Iron Ladies were just men (Coach Bee restates this several times), as there was a M2F on the team. Dara reminded me that there are, unfortunately, a small number of militant lesbians who have issues with trans people, so it could be that Coach Bee is purposefully cast in that manner. ::shrugs::
What I liked most is learning that the movie is based on a true story. During the end credits footage is shown of the 'real' Iron Ladies volleyball team during matches and on a live talk show. The Iron Ladies did in fact win the 1996 Thai National Championship. There appeared to be more than one TS on the real Iron Ladies team.
If you're local Santee lek is at Movies Worth Seeing, on VHS only.
I need breakfast.
Servants!
Last night I watched a Thai movie called Satree lek (The Iron Ladies) with Dara.
The Iron Ladies are a group of misfit volleyball players who come together under the leadership of a lesbian coach and compete for the national championship. The team is comprised of a single straight "normal" guy who is the captain and 8 others including one ts woman and a male transvestite. None of the members take themselves seriously.. they wear drag makeup while playing matches and taunt the opposing teams. It's really quite funny. The team captain isn't so wild about his teammates, which causes friction and is one of several storylines in the film. After much drama the team comes together to win the national championship, which nobody expected to happen.
I wasn't so comfortable with filmmaker's insistence that all of the Iron Ladies were just men (Coach Bee restates this several times), as there was a M2F on the team. Dara reminded me that there are, unfortunately, a small number of militant lesbians who have issues with trans people, so it could be that Coach Bee is purposefully cast in that manner. ::shrugs::
What I liked most is learning that the movie is based on a true story. During the end credits footage is shown of the 'real' Iron Ladies volleyball team during matches and on a live talk show. The Iron Ladies did in fact win the 1996 Thai National Championship. There appeared to be more than one TS on the real Iron Ladies team.
If you're local Santee lek is at Movies Worth Seeing, on VHS only.
I need breakfast.
Servants!
