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Silence of the Lambs star Ted Levine says he regrets film’s trans depictions: "It’s unfortunate that the film vilified that, and it’s fucking wrong. And you can quote me on that." (www.thepinknews.com)

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Silence of the Lambs star Ted Levine says he regrets film’s trans depictions: "Having gotten aware and worked with trans folks, and understanding a bit more about the culture & the meaning of gender… It’s unfortunate that the film vilified that, and it’s fucking wrong. And you can quote me on that."

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

I’ll argue that Fatal Games is bad, was always bad, and forever will be bad, and it’s not because times were different. It’s because they picked a lazy bigoted trope to build the killer off of.