Sunday January 8, 2012
Showtime's "House of Lies" Off on the Right Foot with Gender Variant Child
http://www.mombian.com/2012/01/08/showtimes-house-of-lies-off-on-the-right-foot-with-gender-variant-child/A few days ago, I asked if Showtime's new House of Lies series, premiering tonight at 10p.m. ET, would give a positive and unoffensive portrayal of the gender variant child of the lead character. Early indications are that they have done so. Diane Anderson-Minshall at the Advocate says, "For all the reasons other shows fail around transgender and gender variant issues, this one succeeds."
The father in the show, Marty Kahn (Don Cheadle), is "confused," Anderson-Minshall says, but nevertheless "goes to bat for the kid. . . . Like Kurt Hummel's father on Glee, he's trying to understand the kid. So is Roscoe [Donis Leonard Jr.] gay? Transgender? Or just playing around the way kids should be allowed to do? We know as much as Marty does but, based on episode one, it'll be a fascinating journey watching Roscoe find out."
