In the 1966 movie, Is Paris Burning, the villains are
Nazi's. The French resistance at the end of the German occupation of Paris, are
the brave opposition. And the General von Choltitz is the moral exception,
acting as a hero by defying Hitler's order to destroy the "City of
Light". Contrast this with the 1990 flick, Paris is Burning, which portrays the
existence of the horror that is endemic in the gay lifestyle, which finds no
redeeming characters. "Men who want to be women explain how they've been
injured by intolerance, many having been cut off from their families after
enduring an unhappy childhood", has little to do with epic historic
struggles.
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