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Title: Cinemax show pushes boundaries with cross-dressing killer
Post by: Shana A on January 09, 2013, 08:30:06 AM
Post by: Shana A on January 09, 2013, 08:30:06 AM
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 (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.
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 (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.
Title: Re: Cinemax show pushes boundaries with cross-dressing killer
Post by: Jamie D on January 10, 2013, 02:39:43 AM
Post by: Jamie D on January 10, 2013, 02:39:43 AM
I wonder why TG people can't just be portrayed in a normal, matter-of-fact way?
Title: Re: Cinemax show pushes boundaries with cross-dressing killer
Post by: Flan on January 10, 2013, 03:34:00 AM
Post by: Flan on January 10, 2013, 03:34:00 AM
Quote from: Pleasingly Plump Jamie D on January 10, 2013, 02:39:43 AMBecause 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. :P
I wonder why TG people can't just be portrayed in a normal, matter-of-fact way?
Title: Re: Cinemax show pushes boundaries with cross-dressing killer
Post by: Shawn Sunshine on January 10, 2013, 03:36:14 AM
Post by: Shawn Sunshine on January 10, 2013, 03:36:14 AM
Quote from: Pleasingly Plump Jamie D on January 10, 2013, 02:39:43 AM
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.