This is a disarming and effective piece that explores the intersection of adolescent identity formation and the digital age. Yes, there is the requisite "cringe" of seeing/hearing gloriously awkward "teenagerdom" relived. The viewer comments interspersed throughout, however, are poignant, deeply unsettling at times, and funny at alternating turns. It shows how young queer boys are sexualized, silenced, and made ashamed. What is really represented here with such clarity is the vocally "assured" shutdown of queer sexual identity as a teen juxtaposed with a rueful, regretful reality that lies...
This is a disarming and effective piece that explores the intersection of adolescent identity formation and the digital age. Yes, there is the requisite "cringe" of seeing/hearing gloriously awkward "teenagerdom" relived. The viewer comments interspersed throughout, however, are poignant, deeply unsettling at times, and funny at alternating turns. It shows how young queer boys are sexualized, silenced, and made ashamed. What is really represented here with such clarity is the vocally "assured" shutdown of queer sexual identity as a teen juxtaposed with a rueful, regretful reality that lies beneath the facade. Inventive in both form and content!