Scenes From ‘90s and 2000s Comedy Films That Seem Offensive Today

Pet Detective (1994) and Transphobia

We can’t imagine the outburst if a movie was released today and the villain was (forcefully) discovered to be a transgender woman, then the other characters responded by choking and throwing up. Additionally, it is implied that the character transitioned to escape being arrested for her crimes.

Source: Warner Bos.

That is absurd and feeds into prejudice toward transgender people. And we aren’t the only ones who think so. In response to criticism that his 1994 film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective was transphobic, Jim Carrey acknowledged that many of the jokes don’t hold up today.

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