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Jody knows he will be killed and asks Fergus to 'look after' his girlfriend Dil well played by Jaye Davidson , at home in London.

In the second half, Fergus has travelled to England to escape his IRA ex-colleagues and is working on a building site under the name of Jimmy. He looks up Jody's girl Dil and falls for her, but all is not what it seems. The film won an Oscar for Best Screenplay and was nominated for several other awards.

Rent The Crying Game Sign up. Play trailer. When the kidnapping goes terribly wrong, Fergus escapes to London and tracks down Jody's glamorous girlfriend Dil Jaye Davidson , spurred on by a promise made to his former hostage. Tailing Fergus are two fiercely loyal IRA operatives. Secrets and Lies. Brief Encounter. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.

We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. Spoiler alert: the controversy surrounding The Crying Game is that it is about not only a love story that takes place between a white man and a black woman, but an Irish terrorist and a British hairdresser. And there you have it. So pop in the DVD or Blu-Ray or punch in whatever streaming service is currently carrying the film, sit back and relax and enjoy the controversial love story of mixed race and mixed nationalities.

This film is an example of why The Sixth Sense is a really, truly, horrifically badly directed film. Were you one of the tens of millions of people who apparently never noticed that the Bruce Willis character in that film is never actually seen talking to another person beside the kid who sees dead people after the opening sequence?

One key scene seems to attract most of the criticism: that of Fergus vomiting after discovering Dil is trans. As documented in Disclosure, the scene is extremely triggering for many transgender audience members, and understandably so: the moment plays on the anxieties that trans people face every day. But does a triggering moment make The Crying Game transphobic? In our interview with Neil Jordan , he also mentioned that he always thought of Dil as a kind of angel—the moral center of the film.

Considering that transgender characters in film up to that point had been portrayed as vile killers see also: Dressed to Kill , Sleepaway Camp , and many others , The Crying Game does, for better, worse, or possibly both, hold an important place in the history of queer people in movies.

Great art often upsets by design; stirring uncomfortable emotions in audiences adds to the power of the piece. But we digress. Is Dil a great transgender character or a transphobic one? Can both be true on some level? Nothing we could possibly write here could settle these debates, perhaps because the issues are not cut-and-dry, and perhaps because the answers will vary from viewer to viewer.

What we will say is that The Crying Game is an incredible political thriller featuring two great performances from Davidson and Rea. We recommend the film for its place in movie history, and for the important conversation it continues to feed 30 years later. Watch it, and let the debate rage on. If click bait was needed to fill space, another Madonna attack or Britney filler would even have been more satisfying.

Ask the authors to substantiate, not just hate. When guys mature, we get masturbation — hardly the same thing as a lifetime of bloating, bleeding, natural hormonal emotions, etc…. That is an absolutely ridiculous to say. You sound like an oblivious heterosexual responding when gay men say something offends US. Portraying a transgender person as a sympathetic character is not transphobic.

Jordan was able to work only with what he had at the trim. Portraying the difficulties of being trans in a specific time and place is quite the opposite of transphobia. I feel like we have forgotten, as a people, that it is the value judgement which makes something transphobic, homophobic, or racist. My answer to the question posed by the title of this article is: this is classic queer cinema and NOT transphobic.

Conversely, Dil may change her mind about "Jimmy" if she finds out about "Fergus". Sign In. Edit The Crying Game Jump to: Summaries 3 Synopsis 1. The synopsis below may give away important plot points. Getting Started Contributor Zone ». Edit page.