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  1. Beautiful Boxer (film): great film but can make some people uneasy@gooddream2876d

    Beautiful Boxer is the true story of Parinya Charoenphol, more commonly known as "Nong Toom." Toom was born a boy but throughout his life he started to realize that he was interested if not fascinated with the more feminine things in life and of course faces some ridicule for this. Thus begins the long struggle to actually become a woman, and not just that, to become one of the best Thai boxers in the world in the process.

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    This subject matter can make some people terribly uneasy, and that is understandable. But i do want you to understand that Toom's quest to become a woman is presented in an almost entirely non-sexual fashion if that makes any sense. IE there isn't a bunch of dude-on-dude scenes - i don't think there are any.

    If you are opposed to this sort of thing like people wanting (and getting) sex-changes then maybe this isn't the right movie for you. I'm not trying to make anyone uncomfortable. But if you look to the left of that picture above, those are just a few of the awards that this movie has won. It was a favorite of many international festivals that year and is considered to be a poetic and beautiful masterpiece of sorts.

    I think the contrast of wanting to be a woman but needing to do something that isn't feminine at all to accomplish this is quite fascinating. I wouldn't have believed this was a true story if someone hadn't told me so beforehand. The fact that this is a true story makes it even more amazing. The story is quite tragic at times and we can't help but feel really bad for Toom as the story progresses - but then also really admire her determination in the face of such overwhelming odds.

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    Something important to note is that transgenderism, being a ladyboy (called "Katoy" in Thai) has been an accepted part of Thai society for a very long time. In other countries I can kind of relate to why people have a problem with it but there is something about the society over here of "do no harm to others and do whatever you want" that kind of works. I have multiple friends who are ladyboys and they are some of the most fun and kindest people that I know.

    The movie is not without its flaws, but this is mostly in the editing department and it is kind of forgivable because this was not a huge budget production.

    7.5 / 10

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