You can’t make this stuff up

[Shana A]

You can't make this stuff up

Liam Lacey
From Friday's Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/movies/prodigal-sons/article1497577/

Kimberly Reed's debut documentary, Prodigal Sons, would make a terribly contrived novel, but is a compelling and sensational real-life story. As the film begins in 2005, Kimberly is a tall, attractive woman in her early 30s who edits a digital video magazine in New York. She graduated from her Montana high school in 1985 before attending university in San Francisco. She's returning for the 20th-anniversary reunion with more than the usual levels of apprehension.

Back in school, she was Paul McKerrow, the star quarterback, valedictorian and boy voted most likely to succeed. But that's not the story: The reaction of Kimberly's classmates to her change gets about five minutes of screen time. Over beer and reminiscences, a few old classmates ask a few curious questions about how Kimberly, formerly Paul, sorted herself out and accepted the answers.

"We become bald and fat and you became a girl," laughs one of Paul's old buddies.