After Netflix, the world of Internet commerce giant launches into series production.
Each season brings its share of good and bad series. Emergence of cable and other Netflix oblige, every book in season also an increasing amount. So much so that sometimes it is difficult to make sense of things. Transparent , co-Amazon Sony Pictures Entertainment, leaves no doubt: this is one of the most daring creations of the decade
Designed by Jill Soloway, already. screenwriter Six Feet Under (the series that introduced HBO telling the daily life of a family of undertakers), but also a producer of United States of Tara (a series about a mother suffering from personality disorders), Transparent is a family saga of a totally new kind. Death Pfefferman (Jeffrey Tambor), 70, a political science professor at the university, divorced and happy father of three grown-up, made his coming out! He arrived one morning in the guise of Maura. And, to his eldest daughter who asks if he will dress as a woman now, he replied: “It is my life that I disguised as a man. That’s just me! “What set the tone.
A fiery cast
Without ever falling into caricature or indulge in often painful side of the question transgender, Transparent is the first series that also naturally speaks of change of sexual identity. It is also a realistic reflection, smart and funny on the family. It is finally a custom casting. Judith Light (Angela Who’s the Boss ) plays the mother, beautifully hurluberlue. Amy Landecker (seen in Revenge ) is Sarah, the eldest daughter, married, two children, who recrosses the way to his ex-girlfriend from college. Jay Duplass is Josh, son, missed producer and lover of pretty girls. Finally, Gaby Hoffmann (Carolina, Girls ) is Ali, the youngest, always in search of self. But it is the main actor, Jeffrey Tambor ( The Hangover , Hellboy …), which literally bursts the screen.
The series awash in praise
After playing the most diverse characters, the actor portrays Death Maura: “This is the kind of role that you are offered only once in a life of actor !, he says. It took me a titanic energy to put myself in the shoes of Maura. But when I found myself, I understood things, about myself, about others, about the world and I felt a great well-being. I think that since I am no longer quite the same … “. The actor has just been honored with the Golden Globe for best actor in a comedy. The series, which landed on OCS City, was put online in full at the end of September 2014 VOD platform Amazon, Amazon Prime Instant Video, and receives high praise from (the score of 91 out of 100 on Metacritic, the site that compiles the opinions of all the US media). The filming of Season 2 starts shortly
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Netflix led the way with the masterly series House of Cards , BitTorrent and Microsoft will soon follow suit. Amazon now – or Amazon Prime Instant Video, unfortunately still unavailable in France – has also launched series production with quality projects. Include, apart from Transparent , Alpha House , which tells the tale of four senators in Washington roommate (also available CanalPlay); Bosch ; Mozart in the Jungle , Roman Coppola; a series based on the life of the famous Casanova by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and signed a top secret fiction Woody Allen. A catalog that promises!
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