How Concepts of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality Intersect in 'Paris Is Burning' Film

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Paris is Burning
Paris is Burning is a 1990s film that made headlines for its immersive analysis of race, sexuality, gender, and social class and how the subjects interact. The movie is set in the city, and the characters participate in a runway or contest. Here each contestant is given a task to emulate the behaviors of their archetypes, and the competition is judged on the degree to which the contestants can act. I believe that the characters are somewhat critiquing society and trying to escape from the social expectations or, in this case, their societal confines. Characters are portrayed as victims of discrimination, and their families have neglected most about their sexual orientation and race.
The film is a critique of how society expects people to behave. Ideally, the community is set in a patriarchal society with homophobic per...