Cinemax show pushes boundaries with cross-dressing killer

[Shana A]

Cinemax show pushes boundaries with cross-dressing killer
TELEVISION Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
by David-Elijah Nahmod
2013-01-08
      
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Cinemax-show-pushes-boundaries-with-cross-dressing-killer/41062.html

On Jan. 11, HBO sister network Cinemax will premiere the first episode of Banshee, a violent, film-noirish crime drama from openly gay producer Alan Ball (Six Feet Under/True Blood).

The series follows jewel thief Lucas Hood (Antony Starr). Recently released from prison, Hood assumes a dead man's identity and takes a job as sheriff of the titular town of Banshee, a crime ridden burb in the Pennsylvania Dutch country.

Hood is occasionally aided and abetted by Job (Hoon Lee) a cross-dressing hairdresser who moonlights as a computer hacker. In the very first show, Job shows that he has no compunction about killing.

Actor Hoon Lee is well aware of the fact that his portrayal of a cross-dressing killer is likely to push some buttons.

[Jamie D]

I wonder why TG people can't just be portrayed in a normal, matter-of-fact way?

[Flan]

I wonder why TG people can't just be portrayed in a normal, matter-of-fact way?

Because the media wouldn't have their gratuitous "makeup shots," Silence of the Lambs comparisons and general fueling the flames of the haters under the guise of "reporting" or "entertainment." I have other things to say about this but can't say it in open. 

[Shawn Sunshine]

I wonder why TG people can't just be portrayed in a normal, matter-of-fact way?

Normal doesn't make as much money sadly, but It should.