Cult Films- A byproduct of society

A cult film is characterized by the dissemination of social normalcy by operating within a metonymical framework infused with social taboos that question a social conformity. The range of social taboos challenged by cult films are endless, but is clearly illustrated in films that question sexual orientation value systems. This conceptualization is exemplified with cult films that blur the distinction between man and woman by portraying homosexuals, lesbians, bisexuals, cross-dressers, transvestites, manlike women, and womanlike men. The visual presentation of such imagery violates the primordial ability to differentiate between the sexes, and embodies the fundamental characteristics of a cult film. Although the inability to distinguish a sexual identification can be observed in films from all eras it is most profound when contrasted to the late 1950’s and early 1970’s American society.

The 1950’s are characterized as a banal conformist society scarred with the conclusion of WWII, suburbia lifestyle, nuclear energy, the cold war, limited Human Rights, and McCarthyism. This value system denied sexual exploration and rigidly defined sexual or

Even though the writer of this film, Robert Ebert admits to writing the script in only 6 weeks, the film experiments with the molestation of a variety of social values. Although dissimilar to the early 1950’s social criticisms of sexual identity, Beyond The Valley of The Dolls addresses the issues of 1960’s society with the same unrelenting force. This critical evaluation of the 1960’s society by Meyer’s film addresses a topic avoided by most Hollywood production studios and truly exemplifies the characteristics of a cult film.

ientation with governmental control. This McCarthyism value system was threatened with the first publicized sex change.

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