In this essay I will compare and contrast the construction of sexuality and gender in Tangerine (Sean Baker, 2015), a film that, according to its IMDb page, is about " A prostitute" who "scours through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve looking for the pimp who broke her heart." Laura Mulvey, according to BFI Screenonline, "... was born in Oxford on 15 August 1941" and "... rose to fame in the early 1970s as a film theorist...". I will use his essay, Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema, in which he explains in detail that, in the Introduction to Film Studies “…the pleasure obtained from watching is a male pleasure, that 'the gaze' in cinema is controlled by the male and directed at female; this is called the 'male gaze'” for reference, as are various other sources on the portrayal of transgender characters in films. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get Original Essay[Mis]The portrayal of transgender women in film states that “trans women are sexualized on screen in a similar way to cisgender women…”. According to Introduction to Film Studies (Jill Nelmes, 2012), “…the feminine is reduced to the iconic, the erotic…”. In Tangerine (Sean Baker, 2015), trans characters are often depicted as overly sexual beings, many of them employed as prostitutes; gathering on street corners, wearing provocative clothing, exclaiming sexual profanities, and returning to sex work when all hope seems to be lost for that character, as if it were their only option. An example of this would be when Alexandra loses Sin-Dee on the street or when it is revealed that Sin-Dee's boyfriend Chester cheated on her with Alexandra while Sin-Dee was in prison and she reacts with "Now let me do the my money." and go the fuck home.” [Mis]Representation of Transgender Women in Films (n/a, n/a) also states that "...all trans women want to be desired by cisgender men..." which is evident in the film among the cisgender male characters that use trans female characters as a secret fetish, with a cis male character firing a cis female character from his car after mistaking her for a trans woman, while living a separate life at home with his cis wife and son. According to The Representation of Trans Women in Film and Television (Nikki Reitz, 2017), “Films… say that trans women are dangerous people who act violently toward others.” This ideology is present in the first 5 minutes of the film when Sin-Dee first discovers that Chester had cheated on her while she was in prison and immediately begins searching for him. The fact that Sin-Dee has just been released from prison already suggests that she is a dangerous character, as does the fact that her quest begins with purpose and anger as she traverses the city. This violent behavior continues throughout the film with trans characters, for example, when Dinah, the girl with whom Chester cheated on Sin-Dee, is found in a motel bathroom and dragged by her hair into the street and attacked by Sin-Dee. or when a man refuses to pay for the service of Alexandra, another trans woman, and is assaulted by her. In [Mis]Representation of Transgender Women in Films, “Trans women are often portrayed… as mentally unstable…”. Trans characters in Tangerine can be depicted in such a way that their emotions can suddenly change at any moment, take for example Sin-Dee and Alexandra during the opening scene of Donut Time, when the two sit down to enjoy a donut in celebration Sin. -Dee's release from prison and the holiday season, before Sin-Dee discovers that her boyfriend has,.