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Glen or Glenda | 1950s Woke Cinema Was Different (www.youtube.com)
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A bizarre Ed Wood film about transvestism, from the 1950s. It's filled with sexism and racism that comically confounds the message of equality.

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[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I wouldn't call it woke at all. Ed Wood was a transvestite, but the film itself (apart from the sweater scene) suggests that it's perverse.