I felt like in narrative Hollywood film, there’s an unspoken rule that if you’re not a heteronormative, blah blah blah, middle class cis-gendered, then you’re not interesting unless you’re explaining your otherness. And then, it’s got to be about the tragedy of transition. It’s got to be about the transition, of being an outsider at some level.
I’m not saying those narratives need to go away, it’s just that, we want to have other narratives that are not about explaining your otherness. We need all the stories. Because of shows like Transparent, people are seeing that we have other things to talk about, that we fit into a larger structure.”
— Gifted director Silas Howard, who made the evocative short Golden Age of Hustlers and is now helming the hit series Transparent, in an interview with Vanity Fair
Xzamilio
Kudos. Transparent is a stellar show.
Pistolo
I’m not thrilled with Transparent. Firstly, because it’s so frivolous with other queer characters- the two daughters of the Tambor’s character are so cavalier with their queer lovers. The eldest daughter destroys a lesbian’s marriage then goes back to banging her ex-husband when she tires of her girlfriend. Then the younger daughter leads that trans man on and is SO heartless about ending things, bemused at the sight of a prosthetic penis. And even Tambor’s character is so defeated and meek, it’s not something trans people are owed…some trans main character who is just walked all over by the supporting cast? I gave the show a shot but it just ended up seeming ironically conservative.
alphacentauri
My friend watches Transparent and likes it but I have not seen it yet.