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Monkey Man
Apr. 6th, 2024 03:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
olivermossI've seen a bit about Monkey Man in the past few days since it's opening this weekend and a lot of people are interested to see how it does. It's Dev Patel's directorial debut. The film was produced by Netflix, who then dropped it for being too political. Jordan Peele then came on as a producer after seeing a screening of the film and now it's opening in theaters. I am not fully sure what it's about, since I am mostly seeing it described as 'John Wick but about Hindu identity'.
The film takes place in India and shows something of the hijra, or third gender, community. By including multiple trans and gender non-conforming roles, Monkey Man makes strides towards this representation while also introducing audiences to a subculture in India with which they may not be familiar.
(Note - I am only vaguely familiar with Indian culture and am trusting entertainment articles, wikipedia and google to make sure I've got my wording right. If anyone knows of a good resource on hijra people, let me know)
The film takes place in India and shows something of the hijra, or third gender, community. By including multiple trans and gender non-conforming roles, Monkey Man makes strides towards this representation while also introducing audiences to a subculture in India with which they may not be familiar.
(Note - I am only vaguely familiar with Indian culture and am trusting entertainment articles, wikipedia and google to make sure I've got my wording right. If anyone knows of a good resource on hijra people, let me know)
