Levine did not have concerns while making the movie but has developed a fuller understanding of the trans experience in the ensuing decades. "It's just over time and having gotten aware and worked with trans folks, and understanding a bit more about the culture and the reality of the meaning of gender.", says the actor, "It's unfortunate that the film vilified that, and it's fucking wrong. And you can quote me on that.".
I don't believe I've ever seen Ted Levine speak so candidly about his regrets of portraying Buffalo Bill in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. He and some of the crew on the film were asked about the film's cultural transphobia by The Hollywood Reporter.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
17.02.2026 16:46 β π 2001 π 480 π¬ 2 π 45
16.02.2026 23:46 β π 418 π 59 π¬ 14 π 0
i feel like losing touch with the common man would be awesome. i hope that happens to me someday
17.02.2026 00:05 β π 1624 π 141 π¬ 25 π 3
Thatβs Danβ€οΈβπ©Ήπ¦
16.02.2026 01:55 β π 3375 π 363 π¬ 39 π 11
A meme image based on the video game Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. The scene shows Dracula sitting on a throne in a gothic throne room, speaking to Richter Belmont, who stands below the steps in a battle-ready pose. Overlaid dialogue text reads:
Dracula:
βThe DOW is at 50,000! But enough talk!
Have at you!β
βDie monster! You donβt belong in this world!β
14.02.2026 13:19 β π 73 π 22 π¬ 3 π 0
flowers with the note: βi swear iβm done talking about the injustice done to aaron gordon in 2016, love you <3β
10.02.2026 20:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Tuning into Olympics coverage takes me from βwho is Hashimoto?β to, three minutes later: βwow, this really isnβt like Hashimoto.β
27.07.2024 22:12 β π 757 π 128 π¬ 2 π 6
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasnβt stopped them from protecting their communities.
βIf I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again β this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.β www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
04.02.2026 15:45 β π 6694 π 2462 π¬ 59 π 234
[the aristocrats! voice]
the dallas mavericks!
04.02.2026 18:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
they should make a movie series about how itβs irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
03.02.2026 03:32 β π 21120 π 4939 π¬ 159 π 34
It's been really lovely reading all the tributes to Dan. Many people have asked if they can contribute to support his wife and son. You can do so here: everloved.com/life-of/dan-...
02.02.2026 21:32 β π 458 π 156 π¬ 14 π 5
after the truth & reconciliation process, we will see phil welcomed back with open arms to our more just society
02.02.2026 15:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The release of the Epstein Files really lays bare the evils of (among other things) networking.
01.02.2026 19:49 β π 1504 π 187 π¬ 16 π 11
itβs not necessarily that all these people in the epstein files participated in the raping of girls itβs that none of them cared and if he hadnβt been arrested and died theyβd still be out there trying to be his friend
31.01.2026 17:44 β π 8803 π 1839 π¬ 30 π 76
STEPHEN MILLER: so you've gone through all of these files and made sure there's nothing incriminatory about Trump or his friends and associates, right
KASH PATEL: *standing in line at berghain dressed like the Ikea monkey* oh yeah definitely
30.01.2026 22:40 β π 3641 π 565 π¬ 18 π 7
a profound and righteous obituary for our friend dan mcquade www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
31.01.2026 14:53 β π 833 π 108 π¬ 5 π 6
I wonder if the New York Times will go after any of the prominent academics in the Epstein files for being rapists as hard as they went after Claudine Gay for being kind of sloppy with citations in her graduate thesis.
If not, why not?
31.01.2026 14:34 β π 7615 π 1846 π¬ 72 π 39
The coolest Congresswoman thereβs ever been.
29.01.2026 20:14 β π 30616 π 5016 π¬ 592 π 314
Dusty May pre-game.
Here you go, Michigan fans.
(Rey Del Rio, Getty Images)
31.01.2026 03:38 β π 110 π 21 π¬ 7 π 10
The Inquirer
In addition to his wife, son, and parents, Mr.
McQuade is survived by his mother-in-law, Cheryl Cohen, and other relatives.
Β» READ MORE: Survivors give advice about mourning their loved ones, as told to The Inquirer's obit writer
Visitation with the family is to be from 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, at St. Martha Parish, 11301 Academy Rd., Philadelphia, Pa.
19154. A service is to follow from 10 to 11
a.m.
Donations in his name may be made to the Everywhere Project, 1733 McKean St.,
Philadelphia, Pa. 19145.
i know all i do now is come on here and ask people to give their money away but please send a donation to the everywhere project in memory of dan mcquade!! i have worked with them before and they have been outside taking care of people even in this cold! share.inquirer.com/ErzpTT
30.01.2026 20:43 β π 142 π 70 π¬ 18 π 18
Sixers hold a moment of silence for Dan McQuade.
30.01.2026 00:04 β π 3240 π 411 π¬ 21 π 57
The Dept. of Appearing to Take Things Rather Seriously While Wearing a Navy Sport Coat and No Tie is actively searching for a Dean of Comfortably Ordering Wine in a DC Steakhouse Where Denny Hastert Used to Sit Right Over There. The position will pay $580,000. The history department is abolished
29.01.2026 21:45 β π 1167 π 218 π¬ 27 π 4
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
28.01.2026 21:25 β π 25076 π 6039 π¬ 321 π 266
itβs making me feel insane, like your whole thing is youβre interesting but bureaucratically organized and thenβ¦..you have no capacity to bureaucratically organize? abject failure
28.01.2026 19:33 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
27.01.2026 14:47 β π 8020 π 1938 π¬ 74 π 61
The last few years have seen the largest wave of immigration in American history. All those images we carry in our heads about people arriving at Ellis Island β we just surpassed that. Crime went down. Real wages went up. This is a fake problem. Enough is enough.
24.01.2026 16:36 β π 2886 π 625 π¬ 22 π 8
who else would want an XS nazi getup
27.01.2026 15:11 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
We will crush the skulls of our enemies beneath our boots and hear the lamentations of their women.
<loses humiliatingly>
Look, I think itβs time to turn down rhe temperature a little. Why are you so divisive?
27.01.2026 14:46 β π 2662 π 432 π¬ 18 π 14
Larry Nance Jrβs shirt at tonightβs Cavs game
27.01.2026 01:14 β π 1489 π 262 π¬ 20 π 36
"You know Bovino leaving won't st..." Yes I fucking know. I shipped 800 whistles across the country today. I'll ship another 500 tomorrow. I will not stop until they are stopped and also I will take the fucking W when one of their top fash fucks gets the boot.
27.01.2026 03:37 β π 8412 π 1165 π¬ 82 π 33
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