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Female Sexuality in BBM
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Artiste on January 17, 2008, 07:57:26 pm ---Love it... Atz!!
See my thread: If Lureen is lesbian too... please.
Hugs!!
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I'll say, again, that I don't think that Lureen is meant to be portrayed as a lesbian. I don't think any of the female characters in BBM are overtly meant to represent a lesbian character or a lesbian point of view.
I don't think we're given enough evidence either visually or within the script, etc. to suggest that Lureen (or any of them) are either lesbian or bisexual.
The interesting point in BBM - the film at least - is that each one of the major female characters is very different from the others. Cassie is very different from Lureen. Lureen is very different from Alma. Junior even confronts Cassie... emphasizing Junior's own individuality in contrast to other female figures.
They're all complex in their individuality even without the inclusion of a really major difference such as a lesbian identity among any of them. The female characters represent something of the diversity that can exist among women within the one category of straight women. And, of course, the women in the film are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of diversity among women. That's what's so interesting about how the film of BBM incorporates the women characters. The film makes them far more "real" or "fleshed-out" characters compared to the story, which usually glosses over the women very quickly.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: atz75 on January 17, 2008, 10:39:41 pm --- The film makes them far more "real" or "fleshed-out" characters compared to the story, which usually glosses over the women very quickly.
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Which IMO improves the story. It's not just a way to fill time; it genuinely expands the meaning and deepens the tragedy.
brokebackjack:
Lureen as a lesbian is a bit over the top :o :laugh:
Artiste:
Thanks brokenbackjack!
Oh, another man, beside I, wow!!
May I quote you brokebackjack:
--- Quote ---Lureen as a lesbian is a bit over the top
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And may I say to you and to all, you are in a way proving that Lureen is lesbian, since she is top!! That is the way I discover now Lureen... as a detective could on second viewings. Not only by looking at her, but what she does, and certainly how!! Take another angle, when you see her, all of you... see that possibility!
Hugs!!
Brown Eyes:
Artiste, can I suggest that Lureen's excitement at meeting Jack in the beginning of their relationship is strong evidence that she really is straight. She's excited about him from the moment that Jack retrieves her hat at the barrel racing event. She's interested enough in him to approach him at the bar when she senses his reluctance. She really, really wants to dance with him. And, probably most importantly, she's very excited and eager for the sexual contact in the car.
These are not behaviors typical of lesbians. Most lesbians don't show this much interest in men and certainly wouldn't go out of their way to establish a sexual relationship with a man as quickly and as enthusiastically as Lureen demonstrates in BBM. In fact, many lesbians would go out of their way to avoid the behaviors that Lureen demonstrates.
I think the point about Lureen, is that she's a very confident, sexually-self-aware straight woman. Her boldness and confidence in going after what she wants are to be applauded (at least from my perspective... I am a lesbian... and I applaud Lureen for her confidence in her own sexuality, which from the scenes we're shown in the film seems strongly heterosexual). Her self-confidence and assertiveness, I'm thinking is meant to be seen as rather extraordinary and very progressive for a straight woman in Texas during her era. She's a progressive character in that regard... but not a lesbian. She's so self-assured in her youth (as we see) that if she was a lesbian... she would not be pursuing Jack. She would be using her self-confidence and self-awareness to pursue entirely different people (i.e. women).
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