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It would be interesting to take this analysis deeper and look at queer readings of the actual fairy tales on which many of these films are based. I’d imagine there’s potentially a lot to be said about transgressions of sexual and gender norms in the European folklore, and how those continue to influence contemporary Western culture.

Interesting. I actually got in a fight with someone who said that Straight Outta Compton was irresponsible for its deviation from fact. I disagree; as we see here it’s okay for a biopic to be more pic than bio. In fact, it’s more interesting that way.

On an unrelated note, I’m a big fan of the movie Walk Hard. It’s such a great parody of the more formulaic musical biopic.

I think there is a point at which the audience is no longer supposed to root for Walter. In fact, there is a point at which he stops rooting for himself. In season 3 (?) he tells Jesse that he’s lived too long. He remembers the night that he let Jane die, and says that he never should have left home. “Oh, if I had just lived right up to that moment,” he says “and not one second more. That would have been perfect.” I think Jane’s death is also the point at which he becomes a full-blown psychopath, and thus no longer heroic.