I love how the movie starts with an aggressive and contradictory title card: A heterosexual movie by Gregg Araki.

The film is constantly at odds with this statement, having the two male leads constantly on the verge of kissing each other, despite their mutual affection for Amy.

Jordan clearly has a crush on Xavier, and he reciprocates. But they are not allowed to act on it, it’s always an inch too close, always a missed opportunity. It shows that the…

Everybody seems to have plans for Mona. Work on this, do that, live over there, never genuinely caring. They offer her pity instead of empathy, sometimes even jealous of her freedom.

I’ve been thinking about the farmer and his final thoughts on Mona

“By proving she’s useless, she’s helping the system she’s rejecting.”

Except, from my point of view, settling down and turning ive is probably an even worse way to fight, ever the centrist, he’s looking to assimilate rather…