So I watched "12 Years a Slave" & "Dallas Buyers Club" this past week & not sure where I cried more

I rented "Dallas Buyers Club" and I think I totally lost it with 2 scenes done by Jared Leto (Rayon). First was when he visited his father, who did not approve of the fact that his 'son' was actually a Transgender woman. My heart just broke watching Rayon dressed in a man's suit trying to get some sort of sympathy from her father. I was bawling but not as much as the scene right before Rayon's death. If ever there was a tragic character in the movie it was Rayon. And although Rayon was a fictional character I know that in this world there are thousands of Rayons who have suffered thru the same.

I didn't think it could bawl any more until I saw "12 Years a Slave" yesterday at noon (only showing at the local big screen). I mean the story in itself is heartbreaking because it was true. But to watch the scene where Patsy was whipped because she went to a friend on a neighboring plantation who gave her a cake of soap. It just ripped your heart out watching what happened.

Jared Leto (Rayon from DBC) and Lupito Nyong'o (Patsy from 12 years) both truly deserved their awards.