In his scene with Agrado, Mario demonstrates a repression of homosexuality as expressed through the mirror. After asking Agrado for oral sex, and offering to reciprocate, Mario goes to the mirror, fixes his hair, puffs out his chest, then adjusts himself. After which, we see a scene in which Mario is the only character facing the camera, but we see a reflection of both his back, and Agrado in the mirror. This sequence suggests that even though ostensibly Mario presents himself as a masculine character, in the mirror, behind the back of his Social I, he shares more in common with the femininity and queerness of Agrado than one may
In his scene with Agrado, Mario demonstrates a repression of homosexuality as expressed through the mirror. After asking Agrado for oral sex, and offering to reciprocate, Mario goes to the mirror, fixes his hair, puffs out his chest, then adjusts himself. After which, we see a scene in which Mario is the only character facing the camera, but we see a reflection of both his back, and Agrado in the mirror. This sequence suggests that even though ostensibly Mario presents himself as a masculine character, in the mirror, behind the back of his Social I, he shares more in common with the femininity and queerness of Agrado than one may