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10 Surprisingly Hot Cross-Dressing Movie Characters
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4 months, 2 days agoAndrogyny may be the future, but cross-dressing is just so now. Albert Nobbs opens widely today, and saddled with Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominations for the impenetrable Glenn Close and the ever-fantastic Janet McTeer, gender-bending once again takes a front-row seat in cinema — just in time for awards season. Although gender identity and performance are relatively new fields of academic study, cross-dressing has been a mainstay of the theater for millennia. Sometimes it's to highlight a societal disparity (in the case of Albert Nobbs, the main character must cross-dress to maintain gainful employment in 19th century Dublin), sometimes it's to facilitate a narrative arc or showcase an actor's breadth of talent, and sometimes it's just for fun — but cross-dressing is older than many religions, and it's here to stay. So be cool, and do yourself a favor: check out these ten surprisingly hot cross-dressing movie characters. Spoiler alert: they're not the gender you think they are…
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