Im not sure about the significance of the red white and
blue in Silence of the Lambs. But Im not convinced by the
argument that "charcters like Gumb are the particular legacy of a
culture that has allowed women into positions of power." While a feminis
critique of this kind is vital, I would like also to remind viewrs
of the blatant homophobia of this film, a film that implies a
repatholgization and recriminilization of homosexuality. I just
finished reading a very good essay by Diane Fuss in Media Spectacles
called "Monsters of Perversion: Jefffery Dahmer and the Silence of the
Lambs," which I highly recommend.
Kyle Mechar
Mcgill University
Montreal