Natalia Holtzman

In the film, the line comes across at first as further proof of Osgood’s self-delusion: he won’t listen to Daphne, so intent is he on chasing his own desires. But it’s also Osgood demonstrating the very trait we celebrate him for in the new, updated musical: for accepting Daphne not for her biological sex, irrelevant as that is, but for being herself. And her self, like all the rest of us, doesn’t come close to achieving perfection. We love her anyway. We love her because of it.