Transparent

[prisma]

Season 2! I can't wait!

I really meant to cancel my Prime membership but I guess I can justify it with this now. I really don't use the instant video and it would be cheaper for me to just pay for shipping.

[prisma]

Double posting because it's been almost a year. And, again, I didn't cancel my prime membership because S3 of Transparent is coming out.

I'm bring up the thread because NPR has an interview with Jeffrey Tambour and this response made me well up:

On how he prepared to play Maura

There's a food store ... called Gelson's and it's for the — well, it's for money. And I knew that Maura would go to Gelson's, so we dressed her up and we put on nice clothes and makeup and I took her shopping. And I remember picking out something and I felt something and I looked over and there was this man looking at me. Now, I don't know if he recognized me as Jeffrey, I don't know if he clocked me as an obvious transgender person, but it was not a pretty look. And there was a smirk on the face and that smirk had hatred in it.

And I remember saying, "Don't ever, ever, ever forget that look." And I was out by myself preparing for the role before we shot and I was alone. I have a family of four ... and I was so lonely and I missed them so much and I was so scared about the role. And I went, "This loneliness, just [multiply] that about a hundred times and you got every waking moment of Maura." That's the well you draw from.

[kostgard]

It has been really lovely to see how seriously Tambor has taken this role. I remember when he was first cast some people were really worried because they only knew him as "the dad from Arrested Development." But he's really handled this very well.

Season three starts today, I believe. I'll probably binge the whole thing this weekend.

[kanding]

Yes! I know what I'm doing tonight!

[enzaemily]

I just want to give Josh a hug. Like the dude is killing me. He is by far the most messed up out of all of them, with good reason. Ugh!