For
a few years the video streaming service Netflix has been bring in
plenty of accolades for original series House of Cards
and Orange is the new Black.
Last November Amazon jump into the original content game when the
released Alpha
House. That series and some
of the others that Amazon has since released have created some noise.
It was today's release of Transparent
that finally gained the praises
of critics.
“We’re
thrilled to bring this poignant, funny and beautifully-crafted series
to Amazon Prime customers and to the world,” said Roy
Price,
Vice President, Amazon Studios, in a press
release. “It’s been an honor to partner with such a
passionate storyteller as Jill
Soloway to
bring her vision for Transparent
to
life and we can’t wait for everyone to meet the Pfeffermans.”
The
series stars Jeffrey Tambor, best know for Arrested
Development, as Mort Pfefferman
and multi-award winning actress Judith Light as his ex-wife Shelly.
In the pilot episode Mort (Tambor) invites his three grown children
over to announce that, at the age of 70, he has decided to come
out-of-the-closet and is going to a support group to help him
transition into his new persona of Maura. His children, that all have
there own skeletons, assume their father is dying of cancer and an
argument about the type of cancer ensues. He ends up chickening out
of his original announcement and instead tells them he is getting rid
of his house. This naturally causes plenty of infighting in an
already dysfunctional family.
Transparent
is the brainchild of Jill Soloway, best known for her writing on the
hit HBO (home box office) series Six
Feet Under. Ms. Soloway is
also the main writer and producer of the series. Along with the
pilot, that is free for everyone to view, there are 9 more for a
total of 10 episodes that subscribers to Amazon's Prime Network can
watch on any of their compatible devices.
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