I'm Your Man
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I'm Your Man is a sprightly multifandom vid by charmax, made for the International Day of Femslash in 2008. It had it's con premiere at Vividcon 2009.[1]
Recs and Reactions
Using 48 different visual sources, this remix gives the viewer a full range of gendered media clichés meticulously organized and edited to successfully mock the notion of true gender identity. Using footage from TV’s stereotypical gestures of masculinity and femininity, Charmax parodies our concept of gender through the repetitive images of drag, cross-dressing and stylizations of butch/femme identities. Charmax packs an additional parody punch by using the song “I’m Your Man”, sung by a female performer [...] [2]
It's a must-see for anyone who likes femslash, women, or just brilliant editing. [...] it uses clips from a wide variety of femslash sources (both "canon" and subtexty) to draw attention to the images and tropes that repeat over and over. Like cross-dressing, knife play, dead/evil lesbians, and (in my favorite section) touching between doors, glass, and other barriers. A little snarky and very playful, this is one of those vids I can rewatch any time.[3]
Awesome vid centering on femslashy relationships [...] in a wide variety of films and TV shows.[4]
Wow, this is excellent. I love how you paired similar clips from various movies and shows. I really love the impression you give of a cohesive history of lesbian (lesbian/subtext/female cross dressing) films, with later works seemingly picking up on key moments in earlier works.[5]
Astonishing use of video/music--I was especially amazed by your use of video-in-video and by your seamless transition between movies/shows. Wow![6]
I can't get over this vid, it's wonderfully put together, and the clips choices are inspired, and I absolutely love this cover of this song. It's just beyond awesome.[7]
It used to be there was very little queer media, and a lot of what you got was subtext. In this vid, Charmax takes the perfect song for female queerness (I'm Your Man, sung by a woman) and sets it to clips of all the women-loving-women cliches and tropes she could find, from Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich to Voyager and Xena to Tipping the Velvet.[8]
I’ll end my run of fanvid recs with the ur!femslash vid, charmax’ self-described “celebration of media cliches.” This is a delightful love letter to lesbian media, for all its foibles.[9]
The Femslash Cliche Vid. God this hit me at such a formative time in my life and helped contextualize my own feelings about women, and I'll always be grateful for it. It's a celebration, and I love it.[10]
References
- ^ 2009 The Bechdel Test at Vividcon Vid Database
- ^ Post about I'm Your Man at politicalremixvideo, 2 Mar 2009. (Accessed 27 Nov 2011)
- ^ Fandom Free-For-All: I'm Your Man rec by nicole_anell, 13 Nov 2009. (Accessed 27 Nov 2011)
- ^ Feminist Vids recs post by norwich36, 18 Aug 2010. (Accessed 27 Nov 2011)
- ^ YouTube comment by trekintandem, circa 2011. (Accessed 8 April 2019)
- ^ YouTube comment by sigmazed, circa 2010. (Accessed 8 April 2019)
- ^ "Vid recs list, part three, March 16, 2010 Livejournal post". Archived from the original on 2012-12-25.
- ^ Rec at fancake, June 2, 2022
- ^ "Feb 20, 2015 Tumblr post". Archived from the original on 2022-12-01.
- ^ "Old Vid Recs (2002-2012)". Archived from the original on 2022-11-28.