people, are you watching transparent on amazon instant video? because you should be. it is a ten episode tv show that is original content for amazon. i started watching because it won a few golden globes this fall and i put it on my list (alongside birdman, an honourable woman, and jane the virgin, which also won awards and seemed intriguing).
the premise of transparent is that a 65ish year old divorced father of three adult children comes out as transgendered and starts living life as a woman. but unlike other movies like this that i have seen (boys don't cry, transamerica), this tv show is a comedy, and it is HILARIOUS. the dad is perhaps the most normal character…the three kids are all train wrecks in their own way, the mom is remarried and has her own problems. i laughed out loud at points in this show, which i binge-watched over a weekend. it's not all funny - there are poignant moments, and it's a very thoughtful show - but perhaps we've moved into a place in our society where movies and tv shows about transgendered characters can have some humor in them, too.
one episode ends with this song, which i'd heard before but took on a new meaning in the context of the show:
"oh, sister," by bob dylan:
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