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Title: 'Orange Is The New Black' Transgender Actress Calls Role 'Complicated'
Post by: DriftingCrow on August 07, 2013, 08:41:59 PM
Post by: DriftingCrow on August 07, 2013, 08:41:59 PM
http://www.npr.org/2013/08/07/209843353/orange-is-the-new-black-actress-calls-role-complicated (http://www.npr.org/2013/08/07/209843353/orange-is-the-new-black-actress-calls-role-complicated)
Staff Source: NPR
[Audio Clip 10 minutes 54 seconds]
"The Netflix hit Orange Is the New Black has won over critics and viewers alike this summer. The original series follows a diverse cast of characters in a women's prison in upstate New York. One of the breakout stars is Laverne Cox. Her character, Sophia, is a transgender woman who stands up for herself among prison officials and other inmates.
Cox spoke with Tell Me More host Michel Martin about the show and her experience as a transgender woman and actress."
Laverne Cox discusses being transsexual, acting, and transforming the image of transgender women.
Staff Source: NPR
[Audio Clip 10 minutes 54 seconds]
"The Netflix hit Orange Is the New Black has won over critics and viewers alike this summer. The original series follows a diverse cast of characters in a women's prison in upstate New York. One of the breakout stars is Laverne Cox. Her character, Sophia, is a transgender woman who stands up for herself among prison officials and other inmates.
Cox spoke with Tell Me More host Michel Martin about the show and her experience as a transgender woman and actress."
Laverne Cox discusses being transsexual, acting, and transforming the image of transgender women.
Title: Re: 'Orange Is The New Black' Transgender Actress Calls Role 'Complicated'
Post by: Adam (birkin) on August 08, 2013, 05:45:03 AM
Post by: Adam (birkin) on August 08, 2013, 05:45:03 AM
I really enjoyed that TV show. I also think that Laverne Cox did an amazing job as an actress. First of all, she developed a good character, transness aside. Her character also gave a lot of insight into the sorts of things that transgender people go through, and she portrayed Sophia as a character with dignity, something that is really, really needed in media depictions of trans people.
Title: Re: 'Orange Is The New Black' Transgender Actress Calls Role 'Complicated'
Post by: vegie271 on August 08, 2013, 08:40:04 PM
Post by: vegie271 on August 08, 2013, 08:40:04 PM
people have told me about the show - I am afraid to watch it - afraid it might be too triggering
Title: Re: 'Orange Is The New Black' Transgender Actress Calls Role 'Complicated'
Post by: Madison Leigh on August 08, 2013, 08:56:59 PM
Post by: Madison Leigh on August 08, 2013, 08:56:59 PM
Quote from: caleb. on August 08, 2013, 05:45:03 AM
I really enjoyed that TV show. I also think that Laverne Cox did an amazing job as an actress. First of all, she developed a good character, transness aside. Her character also gave a lot of insight into the sorts of things that transgender people go through, and she portrayed Sophia as a character with dignity, something that is really, really needed in media depictions of trans people.
I'm about halfway through it. It's been pretty good so far, I don't think it's as good as "House Of Cards", but Netflix really set a high standard with that show.