What did movie The Crying Game have to do with crying?
The title refers to the Boy George song which Dil performs. It’s about heartbreak – which Dil certainly suffers with the loss of Jody. (And understandably she might be worried that there’ll never be another man to love her like he did – because she’s a he.) But the hearbreak ends in the relationship that develops with Fergus, as unconventional as it might be…I still remember the shock when I saw this movie for the first time. I was at a theatre that hands out a program and I instantly turned to it to look up the name of the “actress” playing Dil – as did about ten other people around me. Of course, these days I wouldn’t be so easily fooled – it wasn’t exactly a convincing drag act. But I’m willing to suspend my disbelief – it’s a great film.
