Jeffrey Tambor: "Give Transgender Talent a Chance"
GAYLES.TV.- Undoubtedly the edition 68º of the Emmys was the one that crowned Game of Thrones as the most awarded series in the history of television with 38 awards accumulated in six seasons. But it was also something else: 2016 was the collective's most vindictive year LGTB +, especially of the T. Transgender T, transgender and especially of Transparent, the comedy about a family father who decides to start the transition to the 60 years was made with two of the most precious statuettes. Jill Solloway won the award for Best Direction and Jeffrey Tambor was awarded for the second consecutive year as Best Comedy Actor for interpreting the endearing Maura Pfefferman. Too Louie Anderson won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the series Baskets of the mother of the protagonist.
In his speech Drum demanded more opportunities for transgender actors, in reference to the controversy started with the interpretation of Lili by part of Eddie Redmayne en The Danish Girl and has recently been reborn by the signing of a man for the role of a transsexual on the part of Mark Ruffalo, executive producer of the film Anything. In his speech Drum He addressed the heads of the television industry declaring: “Listen to their stories. I wouldn't be unhappy if I were the last straight man to portray a person on television. transgender«.
More forceful was the activist J in his speech, he thanked "the transgender community for the courage to live their lives despite the rejection and inequality they face" and congratulated that Transparent allowed him to «make heroes of people queer y transgender«. He affirmed "they call it television, but I prefer to call it revolution", claiming the power of this medium to change the world. The director of the award-winning series of Amazon he finished his speech with the shout of «Defeat patriarchy!«. I shout that it won't take long for them to become one of the most posted hashtags that night, among others by the actress. Laverne Cox.
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Sources: Millennium, Verne, El País
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