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Neglecting The Subjects Of The Drag Performance In White Chicks, Hannah Sylvester
Neglecting The Subjects Of The Drag Performance In White Chicks, Hannah Sylvester
The Downtown Review
As a temporary transvestite film, White Chicks tackles racial issues as well as gender issues and performance. While the statements made on behalf of racial issues are strong, the statements concerning gender are much weaker. The paper will give a summary of the film followed by a description of it as a temporary transvestite film alongside other films within the genre. Issues concerning gender roles--specifically the concept of femininity--are addressed within the film, but are never challenged or changed. Indeed, society's heterosexual hegemony are upheld within this film as they are in similar films in the genre. Homosexual instances in …