Yessss ok, Cars 3 trans allegory:
So new character Cruz Ramirez is a trainer. She says âIâm not a racer, Iâm just a trainerâ almost the whole movie, even when you see her practice racing to help McQueen have a âsparring partnerâ of sorts mad she LOVES it, and she looks so happy. https://twitter.com/guardianspir1ts/status/1330297964452065281">https://twitter.com/guardians...
So new character Cruz Ramirez is a trainer. She says âIâm not a racer, Iâm just a trainerâ almost the whole movie, even when you see her practice racing to help McQueen have a âsparring partnerâ of sorts mad she LOVES it, and she looks so happy. https://twitter.com/guardianspir1ts/status/1330297964452065281">https://twitter.com/guardians...
They kinda put makeshift racing stuff on her for it and when sheâs going around the track she looks like sheâs having the time of her life.
Also she says that when she tried once to be a racer, she realized that she didnât look like everyone else and knew sheâd never belong.
Also she says that when she tried once to be a racer, she realized that she didnât look like everyone else and knew sheâd never belong.
So as you can imagine, as someone who already saw themselves in Cruz and is questioning being trans, I was like âwow...holy shit. If you say âbeing transmasc/transfemâ instead of âbeing a racerâ then itâs pretty accurate for someone whoâs questioning.
Then, when McQueen gives Cruz a chance to take his place in the race at the end, and finally be a racer, she takes it. As she catches up to Jackson Storm (the fastest/best/âidealâ racer), he falls back to say âyou can play dress-up all you want, but youâll never be one of us.â
Storm gets in her head for a minute, but McQueen encourages her and Cruz presses on, eventually winning the race even when Storm tries to stop her himself. She ends up with a whole team that supports her being a racer and loves her for it.
Is it a perfect allegory? No, of course not. But itâs there if you look, like I did. And since the Cars franchise as one of my obsessions, it made me really happy to be able to pull this out of it while re-watching today.
I also happen to be sporting Cars merch as I write this thread
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