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A girl in her late teens is
talent, confident and full of excitement. She loves a guy, seeks for his love
and want to have the sexual pleasure. This is very normal for other ‘normal’
beings but supposedly, not for a girl with a cerebral palsy. What if she starts loving a girl too? Not normal, eh! But meet
Laila and think again about the people with disabilities and different sexual orientations. Like any other normal
people, they also have the similar desires and pursues. Their abnormality is
but just one other side of a life. Love your ‘self’ being, love for what you
are. This pretty much sums the Margarita, with a Straw – directed by Shonali
Bose.
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Margarita, with a Straw is not
about the cerebral palsy or bisexuality; it is a heartwarming tale of a teen girl
suffering from cerebral palsy and discovering her sexuality. It is wonderful
that the movie shows the normal features of the character Laila. She is
wheel-chair bound and depends highly on her mother but that doesn’t let her
self-esteem down. She studies creative writing, she wants to flirt, she watches
the porn, she has a crush on a guy, she writes lyrics for a band and she
dances. When a judge awards the band as a consolation just because the lyrics
is written by a girl with disability, she can show them a middle finger too. She is challenged - yes, but defeated - NO.
