Review of The Butch Factor (2009) by Alan D — 12 Dec 2012
The thing about this film that I couldn't quite figure out is whether the filmmaker set out to challenge the idea of heteronormative masculinity in gay culture, whether he's doing a little hero worship, or whether he's dissecting it to expose the sad heart at the center.
There's a little bit of all of that. The editing is unfortunate, but I did appreciate that all the posturing and self-loathing homophobic patriarchal bullshit was tempered with insight and perspective from thoughtful and self-aware intellectuals and self-proclaimed sissyboys.
The history lesson about the Castro clones and "gay bitchiness" and its provenance were especially welcome. The ultimate message, though, that all gay men come to their own understanding of what it means to be a "man" and they do with it what they can? It didn't quite develop for me.
In the end the whole thing just left me cold.
This review of The Butch Factor (2009) was written by Alan D on 12 Dec 2012.
The Butch Factor has generally received mixed reviews.
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