FILM ANALYSIS 2

NAME: ERFAN TANHAEI DATE SUBMITTED: 6/28/2020

COURSE/SECTION: GED109 4Q19-20

INSTRUCTIONS: Watch the film, Transamerica. After watching the film, reflect on the story. Bree mentions being stealth
in the film but what does that mean exactly for a trans woman? Explain your answer in 200-300 words. Cite particular
scenes and insights from the movie to support your arguments.

Transamerica

"Transamerica" persuasive would be an understatement, as well as somewhat

misleading. Her character, Bree (short for Sabrina), is a pre-operative transsexual who
lives in a modest bungalow in Los Angeles and in a condition, she refers to as
"stealth." In other words, though still technically male, Bree passes for a woman,
though there is nothing very stealthy about her elaborate, almost theatrical displays of
femininity. In her tasteful pink outfits and meticulously applied makeup, she presents
an image of womanliness that harks back to an earlier era. It seems to be more
common to have cis men playing trans women which does seem to stem from the
outdated idea that trans women can’t be beautiful and/or pass as “real” women.