Stereotypes In Dyke Hard

Dyke Hard is a celebratory pastiche of multiple B-movies and genre films, exploiting their tropes and clichés in a wild LGBT party of a film. Inspired in part by the work of John Waters, it gives a nod to a dynamic and creative underground of the pre-digital past – a time when political incorrectness and trash rhymed with transgression and carried real meaning and clout. Though "trash as trash can" is the film's credo, these concepts have lost most of their impact today; their milder forms have been appropriated by mainstream entertainers, and what's left of the real thing is usually no further than a Web hit away. Even queer culture, though still a political and social issue, is well on the way to leaving the margins in many countries, thanks in part to performers, media exposure and films such as this one. So there is not much in Dyke Hard that shocks or transgresses or subverts, but it does entertain.

It offers many moments of unabashed fun and delight, provided viewers are willing to sit out the first half hour or so, keeping faith that eventually hot times will
The Swedish actors speak in overly-conscientious English, and pastiche, among other things, something resembling the stylised bad acting one finds in Ed Wood films. This is done on purpose and it works for a while, as does the comic bookish dialogue and some amusing one-liners ("without my action figures, my retirement funds are insufficient"). Other comic moments, some dipping into déjà vu bathroom trash, work less well. This first part of the film, short on its strong points of action and music, lacks bite, and patience fades when the actors began to sound like aliens struggling to sound