TransparentTV defined an entire genre of TV comedy and opened new avenues for TV storytelling. kvanaren writes
In the season two episode “Man on the Land,” the past and present timelines blend together. Photo: Amazon Studios When Transparent first premiered in 2014, far and away its most notable features were that it was a family comedy about a trans woman, and that the trans woman was portrayed by well-known cis-male actor Jeffrey Tambor. Those two elements catapulted Transparent into the level of a buzzy TV pioneer, a touchstone and a trailblazer in the cultural landscape.
Transparent initially debuted as one of Amazon Prime’s short-lived pseudo-experiments, allowing viewers to vote for what pilots they wanted to see move forward as full series. In some ways, it was a distillation of much of what had come before. Like Louie or Girls, it was formally experimental; it wasn’t purely a comedy.
That dispersed focus on the family rather than on its trans lead meant the show never spoke to trans issues as thoughtfully as it could’ve. The idea of transition became less about one person’s gender, and more of a thematic and formal obsession. Over the whole series, the Pfeffermans’ codependency and their inherited family trauma are catalysts for stories about all kinds of boundaries: gender lines, parental boundaries, geopolitical borders.
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