7 August 2005

Mysterious Skin

I went out for a movie with Jiahui and her friend from school. We watched the show "Mysterious Skin".
For those who haven' t caught it and is planning to, this might be a minor spoiler.

The show is about this two boys, Neil and Brian. They live in a small town. Neil is a hustler and Brian suffers from nightmares of an alien abduction from his boyhood and is obsessed with UFOs. Strange as it might sound, they do have something in common.

They were both victims of sexual abuse when they were boys. Actually, they suffered at the hands of the same man, their coach for their Junior league.

I believe that the film showcases the two boys in order to show the different effects that sexual abuse has.

Neil is the hustler, he fantasizes about older men and has "a black hole" where you're supposed to find his heart. His heart has already given to the coach.

Brian is UFO obsessed. He suppresses his memories in order to live a normal life. He shrouds his memories of the abuse with a story of alien abduction.

One turns homosexual, the other turns out asexual.

One revels in the memories, one suppresses them.

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