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I LOVE THIS MOVIE SO SO MUCH. I’m writing a paper about it for my film class. it’s so beautifully shot and the performances from justice smith and brigette lundy-paine were PHENOMENAL

as a fellow autistic gender non conforming person I think you're well within your right to wish people use the name isabel and she/her pronouns and I'll happily respect that under your video as this is a fictional character! but I will say the film itself quite deeply dives into the fact that she herself chooses to stick to her deadname and masc pronouns, and why. No matter what we believe to be right for someone else, and no matter what we think we know about a person, if they themselves specifically don't ask to be referred to another way, in the same way she actually tells maddy not to use 'that name' (even if this is a state of denial), I think personally that it is our responsibility to respect that : ] It's not necessarily the comfortable or happy ending we'd like for her, but it's the realistic one. Myself personally I've been sticking to the gender neutral they/them pronouns just out of comfort but also respect for the fact that no matter what, Isabel verbally made a request to be referred to as [deadname & pronouns]. I hope this doesn't come across as rude or aggressive in any way, if anything it's just my own austitic need to share my view on something I feel passionately about! I still very much respect yours. Have a lovely day and thank you for the video, I enjoyed it!

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Im autistic too, and have ADHD, and im closeted trans, this movie hit me like a truck, it got under my skin, I cried, when i watched, after, one day after, It is in my mind, and the, still have time, the owen scene where he screams, and cries, I feel like this so many times, no movie get that effect on me, like this one did

Love the video and how you saw so many similarities in this movie! Also, I find it interesting that at 5:07, his window looks like a coffin. Subtle details like this are amazing. Heck, movies that set such a strong vibe like this one are incredible!

you get it you get me

I'm glad people are still talking about this movie!! Carpe diem <3

Fun fact! The school they go to is called Void High. Void High School -> VHS

I love this movie and how all the colors have an intention to them. Especially during Isabel's birthday mental breakdown. The entire room was blue, in the opening shot it zoomed in on the word "boy" highlighted in blue on the birthday boy's hat. Anytime blue is around it's always negative. But whenever pink is around is when Isabel is genuinely happy or feeling like herself. They call midnight!isabel's pink dress "magical". and during the hallway scene you can see Isabel turning onto a pink hallway instead of the blue hallway. She was also wearing a pink sweater when she talked to Maddy on the bleachers. Even the name "The Pink Opaque" is a reference to 1) the human body in how our flesh is pink and opaque. Can't see the inside from the outside and vice versa. 2) The whole pink theme with Isabel. I think this movie is extremely detailed and very well made. As an autistic transfem myself I can really relate to Isabel and how it feels to try and force away the idea of being transgender due to how stigmatized it is for AMAB people to transition. Being so ostracized from a young age due to autism makes you desperately want to fit in with societal norms. That thought process leads you to denying your gender identity and instead forcing yourself to live in a body that you hate. The movie overall gave me a similar feeling to the "Bottom of the World" movie. Which is another movie I recommend to those that like this movie. It's a bit cheesier and older but it has the same dream-like feel to it as I Saw The TV Glow. Anyways I'm Lily and thanks for coming to my TED Talk !! :D

i think it’s kinda stupid that you’re asking us to not “deadname” owen, and to instead refer to him as “isabelle”. first of all, “isabelle” is a metaphor, one that owen consistently rejects for the entire runtime of the film. if this were a real person, who is in denial about being trans, would you insist on calling them by what YOU think their preferred pronouns are? Also, these are fictional characters we’re talking about here. owen’s not gonna be reading the comments like “ugh they deadnamed me”, so we don’t have to worry about them getting triggered or anything. listen, this film poses many questions about identity and gender, but allows them to be open for us to discuss, without giving us a solid answer. you coming right out the gate with “the answer”, saying “isabelle is her name and don’t you dare refer to her as anything else” totally undermines the entire point of this very healthy and intellectually driven discussion regarding this film.

Ngl i kinda see Maddy as just a crazy person who watched her favorite show so much,she completely thought she was in the show itself

im just gonna yap here for a minute cause im lowkey obsessed but one thing i rlly rlly liked was how lifeless everything in the background seemed so lifeless and fake, like how monotone and neutral the colors were, how we never even see isabels "family", how people seem to walk with no direction, and esp at the end where shes screaming for help and everyone around her is just standing there, frozen and silent. even how her 'highschool' was named 'void high'. just a really cool detail i love lol

Really liked the video... not so sure about the warning label/disclaimer. Sleepaway camp is such a Jewish-American experience, I wondered if Schoenbrun was Jewish and sure enough, I came across an interview with Richard Kelly (Director of DONNIE DARKO) in Interview and mentions growing up Jewish.

I saw an article saying that Jane is thinking of a potential sequel saying she would be open to approaching the story again from a different perspective, maybe it will focus on Maddy?

"It's not real if you don't think about [the Drain Lords]" is how Owen views reality. They view reality as fake which is why everyone goes limp like a doll because Owen stopped thinking about them.

thanks for making this. there's no going back once you've seen this movie. ill never recover

I watched this movie yesterday and god it ruined me but also I loved it so much

thank you for compiling this! absolutely brilliant compare and contrasting you've done here, really great job. glad to find someone else who's equally autistic about this movie!

frisk what is the context behind this

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Yall why tf is Richard Hammonds gay brother lookin at me like dat

Damn Lin been hella quiet since this came out

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what did Lin Manuel Miranda do to you?

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