rhkruijswijk
I truly do not understand all the bad reviews on here. I am not a good writer and never write reviews but I wanted to tell people this is actually a really good show! It's very different from other shows and it litarly touches on every taboo there is.. The family isn't perfect and everyone is pretty selfish, but I feel that is more because they are looking for themselves and their place in the world. When anyone does need them, they are all there for each other. I recognise this immensely in my family too. Everyone isn't perfect but when you need each other everyone is there for each other. I think it is a amazing raw betrayal of a real family. Please give this show a chance!! I think it is my favourite show at the moment.... !!
missypissy
I have never been so addicted to a series as I am Transparent! It's about time LGBTV be brought to television. As far as the sexual nudity I find it exciting and refreshing. Warnings are provided before each show for those who feel violated in some way. Every show I've cried, laughed, and related to some of the characters. The drama in the show is not overpowering and is enough to keep me watching. Simply Love It!!!
starbird
I have really enjoyed this show except for one main thing. The flashbacks use speech that is common now but not historically accurate in a glaringly obvious way. For example, the mixed tape song (from the eighties or 90's) had the advice to "be present." This was not in mainstream consciousness or lexicon at this time. It felt out of place and really only came into speech over the last decade. Also, during the scene that is a flashback to an art show, the friend gives a speech in tones that are very millennial and with upticks. Women didn't speak this way in the 60's. They also didn't start a speech saying "my journey." Talking about your journey wasn't a thing back then...that only really became part of speech in a noticeable way in the mid 2,000s. It would be good for the writers to consult with people who were alive in these times to see if the words and speech patterns ring true. It would lend more accuracy to the show.
gogga1011
Recipe for awards in America today: For the story take a sex change or homosexuals (who are always positives and very emotional even though in reality is not always the case), for the main roles select Jews (producers and directors, as well), and call the pathetic drama comedy or sitcom. Definitely, if it is the film - it will guaranteed gets an Oscar, and if it is the series then it'll gets all other awards. And all series of similar topics. Because now it is in the United States very popular and politically correct to celebrate homosexuality, more than anything else. So by default in each recent American series must be at least one homosexual character, and this character must be a genuine good guy. Movie gay can't be killer, psycho or anything dark like that, but when is (very rarely), that character is usually somehow sympathetic and very emotional. I do not mind someone's sexual orientation, but constant glorification of someone's sexual orientation is disgusting. I know, this is "Hollywood" but I'm tired of pathetic political correctness and patterns because already all series and movies began to look like one another as peas in a pod! Beneath the seemingly unusual surface, this show is full of stereotypes and actually empty, boring. But "Hollywood" likes it and will make you all to love it too.
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