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One of the subtleties of The Master of Disguise is the implication that everyone has totally buckwild, freaky, sexual fetishes. In the title of the film alone "Master" implies that there is some sort of sexualized power imbalance in the lives of the characters (Well... ok, maybe it doesn't really). This post will discuss the sexual innuendos that we CAN discern from the film.

The most obvious sexual overtone of the film is the simple fact that the Disguiseys fetishize large and robust posteriors.  In layman's terms this means that they are "ass men." This even includes asses that appear like an entire Sealy Posturepedic mattress has been stuffed in them. I'm talking asses that knock over restaurant signs on the sidewalk with their comically enhanced girth (this actually happens).

The protagonist Pistachio, somewhat directly comments on how this sexual attraction is akin to a Freudian Oedipal Complex. As he is gawking at a girl he has dubbed, "the tush queen's" giant ass, he remarks, "Yes... something about her reminds me of my mama." This is just after the camera has jump cut away from a shot of his mom's bodonkadonk. The Oedipal nature of this attraction is even furthered when Pistachio is learning to become a "Master" of disguise and surpass his father's skill. While besting the father isn't a direct motive, there is certainly a passing of the torch to the Pistachio when he saves his family-- Hell, Pistachio even has to battle his father when he has been brainwashed by the villain. At the film's conclusion Pistachio has fully become the emblem of potent virility in the Disguisey family. Essentially, he has realized his Oedipal Complex, albeit indirectly, and gone from a mama's boy to a superhero with a super-babe girlfriend who has usurped his own father. Jennifer, Pistachio's female friend and future wife, is where things get really interesting sexually. 

Jennifer is clearly the sex object of the Master of Disguise. As previously discussed on this blog, she is portrayed as sexually experienced, submissive to the men she is romantically involved with, and generally as someone who knows they got it going on lookswise. Before discussing her further its worth pointing out that she looks awfully similar to porn star Jenna Haze. Coincidence? I think not. 

Which one is the actress and which one is the porn star? You'd be surprised...

Jennifer's discovery of her attraction to Pistachio coincides with his newly found ability to continuously save her and demonstrate his prowess over enemies. Despite Pistachio's noted sexual inexperience (this is, after all, a dude who reveals that his first kiss was with Jennifer and who previously was dancing around a room with underwear on his head and a shaving cream beard on his face as a 23+ year old) Jennifer appears attracted to his savvy nature, and his propensity for physical violence. She is also attracted to him despite that fact that he continuously puts her in dangerous situations. Reduced to its core, Jennifer's attraction to Pistachio seems to be wild and thrill seeking, with particular emphasis on role playing. How could it not focus on role playing? This is about someone who is able to "become another person."

After viewing Pistachio's role-playing during his disguises, Jennifer get's all hot and riled when Pistachio calls her "a fat cat momma with the red dress on." It's as though she is turned on by the idea of becoming this fat cat momma and dressing up the part (she is not wearing a red dress at this time and is anything but fat). One can't help but infer and imagine that these two must have some freaky ass crazy role-playing sex. They must do seriously dirty things lingering in the subconscious of vile beings. At the very least, Pistachio demonstrates a wide spectrum of traditional masculine and feminine behaviors and his also shown to be very comfortable in drag. Jennifer is a little bi-curious? No problem, Pistachio can become any woman in the world. Jennifer wants to sleep with Hulk Hogan? No problem, Pistachio has got that covered. There are many types of sex that involve one inhabiting a role where they one cultivates another "self" -- be this through a strap on phallus, dress up, fantastical scenarios, furry shit, or sexual behaviours that are generally speaking extremely different than one's publicly projected self. While the film doesn't show any of these (stupid kids movies!) it definitely implies that they happen. I swear it does. I am in no way reading too much into it because I have seen it ten days in a row or because I have sex on the brain. Definitely not the case.

The best implication of seriously out there sex shit is the creepy minute long scene at the end where a executive of "Black Markebay" auction house asks Devlin about whether a Master of Disguise could dress up as Britney Spears and other "hot" celebrities. This sick fuck even asks about his ability to dress up as the Olsen Twins who were just 16 at the time. THIS MOVIE IS PG AND A GROWN ASS MAN  IS INQUIRING ABOUT HAVING A THREESOME WITH MAN ROLE PLAYING AS TWO SIXTEEN YEAR OLD GIRLS. These characters are animals whose robust sexual appetites can only be satiated with carnal knowledge found within the depths of our very being! They probably get down in ways that Michel Foucault couldn't even fathom.

Just awful.

 Strangely enough, The Master of Disguise is able to reinforce some negative hetero-normative sexual stereotypes (particularly about the women in Pistachio's life) while at the same time opening a discourse into "deviant" sexual behaviors that certainly exist outside mainstream sexual practice. There is no doubt in my mind that the creators of this film have not a single fucking clue that they managed to achieve this. Most importantly, the film manages to capture all aspects of what it means to want to possess another identity-- including how this manifests sexually. This issue of identity and the crisis of the self the main philosophical focal point of the film that I will discuss in the upcoming post. Kudos to this psychological comedy for uniquely capturing complex sexual behaviours and exploring their underlying psychology. It's a bold step forward into understanding desire. It is scary what this film unearths. 

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One of the subtleties of The Master of Disguise is the implication that everyone has totally buckwild, freaky, sexual fetishes. In the title of the film alone "Master" implies that there is some sort of sexualized power imbalance in the lives of the characters (Well... ok, maybe it doesn't really). This post will discuss the sexual innuendos that we CAN discern from the film.

The most obvious sexual overtone of the film is the simple fact that the Disguiseys fetishize large and robust posteriors.  In layman's terms this means that they are "ass men." This even includes asses that appear like an entire Sealy Posturepedic mattress has been stuffed in them. I'm talking asses that knock over restaurant signs on the sidewalk with their comically enhanced girth (this actually happens).

The protagonist Pistachio, somewhat directly comments on how this sexual attraction is akin to a Freudian Oedipal Complex. As he is gawking at a girl he has dubbed, "the tush queen's" giant ass, he remarks, "Yes... something about her reminds me of my mama." This is just after the camera has jump cut away from a shot of his mom's bodonkadonk. The Oedipal nature of this attraction is even furthered when Pistachio is learning to become a "Master" of disguise and surpass his father's skill. While besting the father isn't a direct motive, there is certainly a passing of the torch to the Pistachio when he saves his family-- Hell, Pistachio even has to battle his father when he has been brainwashed by the villain. At the film's conclusion Pistachio has fully become the emblem of potent virility in the Disguisey family. Essentially, he has realized his Oedipal Complex, albeit indirectly, and gone from a mama's boy to a superhero with a super-babe girlfriend who has usurped his own father. Jennifer, Pistachio's female friend and future wife, is where things get really interesting sexually. 

Jennifer is clearly the sex object of the Master of Disguise. As previously discussed on this blog, she is portrayed as sexually experienced, submissive to the men she is romantically involved with, and generally as someone who knows they got it going on lookswise. Before discussing her further its worth pointing out that she looks awfully similar to porn star Jenna Haze. Coincidence? I think not. 

Which one is the actress and which one is the porn star? You'd be surprised...

Jennifer's discovery of her attraction to Pistachio coincides with his newly found ability to continuously save her and demonstrate his prowess over enemies. Despite Pistachio's noted sexual inexperience (this is, after all, a dude who reveals that his first kiss was with Jennifer and who previously was dancing around a room with underwear on his head and a shaving cream beard on his face as a 23+ year old) Jennifer appears attracted to his savvy nature, and his propensity for physical violence. She is also attracted to him despite that fact that he continuously puts her in dangerous situations. Reduced to its core, Jennifer's attraction to Pistachio seems to be wild and thrill seeking, with particular emphasis on role playing. How could it not focus on role playing? This is about someone who is able to "become another person."

After viewing Pistachio's role-playing during his disguises, Jennifer get's all hot and riled when Pistachio calls her "a fat cat momma with the red dress on." It's as though she is turned on by the idea of becoming this fat cat momma and dressing up the part (she is not wearing a red dress at this time and is anything but fat). One can't help but infer and imagine that these two must have some freaky ass crazy role-playing sex. They must do seriously dirty things lingering in the subconscious of vile beings. At the very least, Pistachio demonstrates a wide spectrum of traditional masculine and feminine behaviors and his also shown to be very comfortable in drag. Jennifer is a little bi-curious? No problem, Pistachio can become any woman in the world. Jennifer wants to sleep with Hulk Hogan? No problem, Pistachio has got that covered. There are many types of sex that involve one inhabiting a role where they one cultivates another "self" -- be this through a strap on phallus, dress up, fantastical scenarios, furry shit, or sexual behaviours that are generally speaking extremely different than one's publicly projected self. While the film doesn't show any of these (stupid kids movies!) it definitely implies that they happen. I swear it does. I am in no way reading too much into it because I have seen it ten days in a row or because I have sex on the brain. Definitely not the case.

The best implication of seriously out there sex shit is the creepy minute long scene at the end where an executive of "Black Markebay" auction house asks Devlin about whether a Master of Disguise could dress up as Britney Spears and other "hot" celebrities. This sick fuck even asks about his ability to dress up as the Olsen Twins who were just 16 at the time. THIS MOVIE IS PG AND A GROWN ASS MAN  IS INQUIRING ABOUT HAVING A THREESOME WITH MAN ROLE PLAYING AS TWO SIXTEEN YEAR OLD GIRLS. These characters are animals whose robust sexual appetites can only be satiated with carnal knowledge found within the depths of our very being! They probably get down in ways that Michel Foucault couldn't even fathom.

Just awful.

 Strangely enough, The Master of Disguise is able to reinforce some negative hetero-normative sexual stereotypes (particularly about the women in Pistachio's life) while at the same time opening a discourse into "deviant" sexual behaviors that certainly exist outside mainstream sexual practice. There is no doubt in my mind that the creators of this film have not a single fucking clue that they managed to achieve this. Most importantly, the film manages to capture all aspects of what it means to want to possess another identity-- including how this manifests sexually. This issue of identity and the crisis of the self the main philosophical focal point of the film that I will discuss in the upcoming post. Kudos to this psychological comedy for uniquely capturing complex sexual behaviours and exploring their underlying psychology. It's a bold step forward into understanding desire. It is scary what this film unearths.