![]() ![]() Clayton: His mother let him play in her pumps.Dolph: He spent enough time watching other boys in the locker room between varsity games that he realized his attraction was more than mere curiosity.Graham: Her birth mother got married in pants, implying that her mother is also secretly lesbian and her being gay is partially genetic.Closet Key: Each of the characters share their story during a group therapy session of what made them realize they were gay.Chore Character Exploration: Graham and Megan get to know each other better while washing dishes together, establishing their roles in the social hierarchies prior to True Directions.Casting Gag: Famous drag queen RuPaul, in one of his few film appearances out of makeup, plays the parodically manly " ex-gay" Mike.She leaves the camp when she discovers this. Camp Straight: Inverted and gender flipped as Jan was just assumed to be lesbian because she has such a strong butch appearance, but she actually likes boys.Arguably the point is to demonstrate just how worthless the camp is. Although almost every single gay male is some amount of camp, except Larry, one of the 'ex-ex-gay' characters. Graham is however a straight example, though a soft butch. Butch Lesbian: Subverted quite brilliantly with Jan, the most butch girl, who realizes that she's straight.Ironically though, Jan is really straight. Boyish Short Hair: Jan and Graham have it (the former especially, who sports a mohawk), which feeds into True Direction's belief that they aren't "gender conforming" and this made them lesbians.Belligerent Sexual Tension: Megan and Graham during the first half of the film.The Beard: Megan's boyfriend turns to be this when it's shown that she has been dating him for a while but she isn't interested in him romantically or sexually, let alone enjoy kissing him.Blatant Lies: As Megan and Dolph goes to the graduation ceremony to rescue Graham and Clayton, Dolph says that he's doing it for Megan's sake, causing Megan to say "Yeah, right.".But his lingering stares at his boss's son indicate the "treatment" he's been through hasn't worked. Armoured Closet Gay: Mike, a staff member at True Directions, calls himself "ex-gay".5,6,7,8 - don't run from me cause this is fate. Anguished Declaration of Love: Megan delivers one to Graham through cheerleading.Megan's parents drive an old-school station wagon, while the crashing of the graduation in the finale involves a more-modern Ford truck. However Megan has a Melissa Ethridge poster on her wall and Sinead has a style that would be very uncommon for that period, suggesting the film takes place in the 90's. Anachronism Stew: No mention of a time period is ever given, but much of the decoration of Megan's home and the True Directions camp-not to mention the opening titles' font-are rooted in The '70s.However it's never made clear if he's lying to get through the program, the brainwashing got to him, or he's genuinely into her. Ambiguously Bi: Joel is sent to the camp for liking boys, but seems to reciprocate Graham's supposed crush on him.Many viewers interpret her as perhaps a trans man or genderqueer. In the end, she decides that she was never gay in the first place, and leaves. Ambiguous Gender Identity: Jan, one of the girls at the ex-gay camp, is extremely butch, and has a mohawk and a mustache.As the plot and the character develops, Graham softens up. Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: At first, Graham seems to fit this trope to a T - a Deadpan Snarker, cynical brunette.Activist-Fundamentalist Antics: After the kids are caught going to the Cocksucker, Mary has the kids picket Larry's house while Waving Signs Around with homophobic slurs and screaming about God.They're also abusive in threatening to cut her off unless she becomes straight. Abusive Parents: Graham's are the emotionally uncaring, neglectful type.Not to be confused with But I'm a Cat Person. The film has been adapted into a musical. The film carved out an unusual niche for itself as what many have identified as a Lighter and Softer version of a John Waters film, combining high camp, dark political comedy and good-natured romanticism under one improbably broad yet tantalizingly candy-colored roof. ![]() ![]() The film stars Mink Stole and Ru Paul (in a non-drag role). While there, she admits the homosexuality that everyone but her had apparently seen, and falls in love with another of the True Directions members, Graham. But I'm a Cheerleader is a 1999 comedy (although it wasn't theatrically released until 2000) lampooning the idea of homosexual reform camps with the story of Megan, a God-fearing cheerleader who has never paid her homosexual tendencies any thought until being sent to the True Directions camp.
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