monday movie review

soldier's girl
(i believe it was originally made for showtime tv)
a true story about a murder that took place in 1999 in an army barracks somewhere near nashville. pfc barry winchell was murdered because of who he fell in love with. a transgendered mtf named calpernia addams. they met while she was performing at a local club and barry and some army mates went to see a show. their relationship blossomed. from accounts, the relationship was as 'normal' as any other. ups, downs, they ate, they laughed, they cried. all along pfc winchell was being hounded and harassed on base. called faggot and worse. he never told calpernia. on the fourth of july, in a drunken stupor and egged on earlier by pfc winchell's asshole roommate, a 17 year old soldier bludgeoned him to death with a louisville slugger.

the movie was a LOVE STORY - even though this wasn't a political movie (about don't ask, don't tell), the point did come across. their are interviews with the actors on the disk but there are also interviews with the real calpernia and pfc winchell's mother, pat kutteles. she and her husband speak all over the country about prejudices and such. two brave and noble women, ms addams and ms kutteles.

pfc barry winchell
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pfc barry winchell

the acting was wonderful. troy garity and lee pace did an outstanding job with pfc winchell and ms addams, making them REAL PEOPLE. nothing over the top. i did wonder if mr pace was indeed transgendered though. lol. he is not. on the disk there is a section where they showed his makeup including prosthetic breasts being applied.

(oh in looking up some info on pfc winchell i came across some horrid sites [which i won't even dignify with a mention] stating, in between the lines of course, he got what he deserved because he was a homosexual and it was out of homosexual JEALOUSY). you know it was never the point if he was gay or not. there is no evidence to say he was. it doesn't matter. HE WAS MURDERED you stupid stinking close minded pea-brained ice-hearted never-getting-into-heaven ass wipes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!