NOTES AND ANALYSIS OF 6 FRAMES OF SLAP Directed by Nick Rowland, ‘The Slap’ is a short film about a teenage boxer, Connor (Joe Cole), who secretly cross-dresses, and has difficulty keeping this secret interest from his girlfriend, Lola (Skye Lourie), best friend (Elliot Tittensor), and father, George (Stephen Bent). Connor exposes his secret to Archie when he saves him from getting beaten up, and runs out to help him in a dress and makeup. He then wears a dress, heels, and makeup to a party and at first his girlfriend and friends think he is just dressed up as a joke, however in the bathroom, Archie mistakes Connor for being gay and attempts to kiss him. Connor throws him off and they argue, grabbing Lola’s attention. Lola then finds out that Connor stole her lipstick and realises that he has cross dressed before. They argue and Connor storms out of the party and arrives at his ‘boxing training room’, where he takes his upset and anger out on an opponent in the same room, and is so...
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