“Transparent”s second Emmy campaign, which launched Thursday at Hollywood’s DGA Theater, is officially underway. The Amazon drama’s inaugural 2015 run garnered an impressive 11 nominations and five wins, including honors for outstanding lead actor and outstanding directing in a comedy series.
As the cast and creators gear up for round two, they reflected on the hit series’ transition into an ensemble cast, contributions to social change and intense, deeply-emotional subject matter.
“What’s great about Season 2 is that it’s really an ensemble,” Jeffrey Tambor, who plays transgender woman Maura Pfefferman, told Variety before the event. “Even though it nominally went through Maura’s story, now everyone’s having their story. That’s what’s so brilliant.”
“We encountered this amazing gift in ‘Transparent,'” creator Jill Soloway said during the panel discussion. “We all got sucked onto this thing that has its own velocity, which is this story,...
As the cast and creators gear up for round two, they reflected on the hit series’ transition into an ensemble cast, contributions to social change and intense, deeply-emotional subject matter.
“What’s great about Season 2 is that it’s really an ensemble,” Jeffrey Tambor, who plays transgender woman Maura Pfefferman, told Variety before the event. “Even though it nominally went through Maura’s story, now everyone’s having their story. That’s what’s so brilliant.”
“We encountered this amazing gift in ‘Transparent,'” creator Jill Soloway said during the panel discussion. “We all got sucked onto this thing that has its own velocity, which is this story,...
- 5/6/2016
- by Alyssa Sage
- Variety - TV News
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