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Actors: Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about But I'm A Cheerleader |
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Megan Bloomfield is a normal highschool girl in a small California town. She is a very proud cheerleader and dates a popular football player at school. The problems began when Megan's friends and boyfriend suspect her of being a lesbian. Megan is not interested in kissing her boyfriend ( who is a bad kisser) and has pictures of women hanging in her locker.
Once her parents here about this, they panic and ship her off to "True Directions", a camp designed to make her hetero again. At the camp, Megan beats other teens like herself including Graham, a tomboy who helps Megan be a lesbian.
--Contessa Graham, Resident Scholar
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If you think you see it all, here's a film that rasies questions. In the movie, "But, I'm a cheerleader", Megan is just a normal girl is doesn't know she's a lesbian. Now, in some places, this isn't a problem and will go away alone but not in Megan's case. It turns out in her case, being a homosexual is illegal.
When her parents discover this, Megan is sent to True Directions, a place to get rid of homosexal by making them heterosexauls. At first, Megan denies being a lesbian but she is soon busted when she falls in love with a fellow female inmate. This causes problems and the founder won't let this case get off that easy.
--Margaret, Resident Scholar
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"But I'm a Cheerleader" is a romantic comedy where Megan, a high school-aged girl is thought by her parents and friends (and boyfriend) to be gay. She is confronted, and denies it, but is sent to "True Directions" to find her "root" and to become a heterosexual. At "True Directions," she falls in love with Graham (another girl in the same situation.) When the two are caught together, Megan must leave... (you have to watch it to find out what happens.)
--Waffles, Resident Scholar
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It's about a girls parents and friends thinking she's a lezzie so they send her to a homosexual camp where she discovers she is one and falls in love with another lezzie.
--daisy wright, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of But I'm A Cheerleader |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
- present (2000-2010)
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- romance (general)
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- LESBIANS!!!!!!
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Unclothed?
- Slightly see-through clothes
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
- California
Small town?
Yes
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- lesbians!
- actual description of sex
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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