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Transparent is an American comedy-drama television series created by Joey Soloway for Amazon Studios that debuted on February 6, 2014. [1] The story revolves around a Los Angeles family, the Pfeffermans, and their lives after learning that their parent (Jeffrey Tambor) is a trans woman now going by the name Maura. [2]
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Oct 21, 2014 · On its face, “Transparent” is a television series about a transgender father coming out to his three young adult children. It weaves together the tragicomic family dynamics of five...
- A Story About Courteney Cox's Butt Helped Jumpstart Jill Soloway's career.
- Soloway and Lena Dunham Competed For The Same HBO Slot.
- Transparent Is Exactly Two Percent Autobiographical.
- It's The Most Trans-Inclusive Production in Hollywood history.
- Jay Duplass Fell Into The Role of Josh Pfefferman.
- People Have A Hard Time Separating Jay Duplass from Josh Pfefferman.
- Soloway Embraces Improvisation on Set.
- Carrie Brownstein Was Originally Shortlisted For The Role of Tammy.
- Soloway Had Gaby Hoffman in Mind For The Part of Ali After Seeing Her in Louie.
- Tambor Went "Method" to Warm Up to His Role as Maura.
While working her first L.A. writing gigs at The Steve Harvey Show and Nikki (which she called "the worst sitcom in the world"), Transparent creator Jill Soloway had some time on her hands to mess around on a show calledSit 'n Spin with her friends. The show involved people reading monologues and/or fiction, for which Soloway penned the hilarious "...
This huge victory was not without a series of painful rejections, too. In what The New Yorker called a "downward slide"—the period immediately following her Six Feet Under residency in 2005—Soloway was fired from both HBO's United States of Tara and Grey's Anatomy. Then, she was beat out of what seemed to be a promising HBO slot by Lena Dunham (who...
Soloway knew she wanted to make her own family show ever since working on Six Feet Under. What she didn't know is that her father would come out as trans at the age of 75—a pivotal moment which would eventually become the central storyline of the hit Amazon series. Speaking to Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air, Soloway calledit her "creative destiny."...
Transparent producer Rhys Ernst told OUT that he felt strongly about casting a trans actor to portray a young Maura (Tambor) in season three's flashback sequences, ultimately bringing 12-year-old Sophia Grace Gianna (who had recently transitioned) on for the part. This trans-inclusiveness has been a through line for the show's three-season producti...
During a get-together for directors that Jay and his brother Mark regularly hosted, Duplass got to talking with Soloway, who told him that she was struggling to find someone for the part of Josh Pfefferman. After he'd rattled off a list of actor suggestions, a light bulb went off in Soloway's head: He was just the guy she was looking for, even thou...
Living in Eagle Rock—a neighborhood in Northeast Los Angeles, and the same general area where Transparent is filmed—has created a host of funny situations for Duplass. Particularly because people can't seem to separate his on-screen character as the "roving male id" from his off-screen one as a father and husband when they bump into him at a Trader...
Season two of Transparentopens with a four-minute scene so perfect and categorically "Pfefferman," it likely did not occur to you that the whole thing was predicated on a mistake. The whole family is gathering for a wedding portrait and we hear the photographer mis-gender Maura. Maura doesn't let the flub go unnoticed, snapping back, "Did he just c...
As the story goes, Portlandia and Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein was so adored on the set of Transparent that a role was created just for her. "Originally, when we were trying to cast Tammy, her name came up," Soloway said. "But I always felt Tammy was really tan and blonde, like Lady Diana or someone who spent some time in her childhood on a r...
In the season three premiere of Louie, Gaby Hoffman is introduced as Louis C.K.'s girlfriend just as the relationship is about to end. Though brief, her role in the larger arc of the series is vital, forcing C.K. to confront his introversion head-on. Soloway was blown away by the performance, telling Rolling Stone:
Ahead of shooting the pilot episode of Transparent, Tambor was taken on a field trip by producers Rhys Ernst and Zackary Drucker. To get to the heart of his character, Maura, Tambor was encouraged to put on his full wardrobe and go out in public for the first time. The scariest part wouldn't be the club-hopping but, in fact, the inevitable walk thr...
Transparent is a TV show that follows the life of Maura, a transgender woman, and her family in Los Angeles. The show explores themes of identity, family, love, and acceptance. Maura’s journey is the main plot of the show, but each family member also has their own story and struggles.
Oct 8, 2014 · Transparent tells the story of Maura Pfefferman, a transgender woman who was previously the patriarch of a Jewish family in Los Angeles.
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Sep 25, 2014 · Transparent was inspired by Soloway's own father, who came out as transgender years ago. It puts "a trans story in a family story and should feel as acceptable as All in the Family or...
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Dec 9, 2015 · Amazon’s “Transparent,” returning for a second season Friday, December 8 th, is one of television’s most daring explorations of what it means to be happy. In the award-winning program’s complex new season, creator Jill Soloway and her team are examining that human tendency to think that our problems can be fixed. “I’ll finally be ...
