tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25196141.post1358543668895639614..comments2024-03-18T22:21:13.586-04:00Comments on Diana’s Little Corner in the Nutmeg State: HedwigDiana_CThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223056441901730531noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25196141.post-71241404064147651542020-11-21T13:24:08.055-05:002020-11-21T13:24:08.055-05:00I've seen one stage version and the movie. Han...I've seen one stage version and the movie. Hansel is a gay man who, to get out of East Germany to the West with his US lover Luther in 1988, agrees to be Luther's wife and have gender surgery to become Hedwig. Luther leaves her after a year, ironically just as the Berlin Wall comes down and Hansel could have left East Germany anyway. So, no, Hansel/Hedwig is not trans and the stage version has Hedwig angrily stripping down to her boxers as if to throw off all the strife and anguish and falsehood of her tortured past but also showing her as just a gay man. So I think this protest is misguided and unhelpful. Sue xSue Richmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881573928883759984noreply@blogger.com