Review: Pretty Handsome (FX)

[xlivvielockex]

While I get all of the stuff sorted out with Fringe, I thought I would go ahead and review Pretty Handsome, the newest show from the guys behind Nip/Tuck, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.

Comments

[khyri]

Thanks so much for making these episodes available. I watched them last night, and once again since and I agree with you that the whole premise holds a lot of promise. I still hope someone picks this up.

It's a shame this wasn't made more widely available - almost every single transwoman I know who has had the chance to watch it has given it a great review, and seen aspects of themselves in Bob.

[xlivvielockex]

It sucks because I got slammed with copyright violations by YouTube and I had to take it down. So many people were enjoying it.

I don't think it got picked up, which is really sad. There aren't a whole lot of positive role models out there for transpeople in mainstream entertainment. It would have been nice to have at least on FX.

Did you ever watch Nip/Tuck? They had a great storyline with a character named Sofia Lopez that really just tugged at my heartstrings and reminded me of the battles of so many of my friends who were going through or went through transition.

[khyri]

Yeah, I noticed a couple of weeks ago that it had gone from your channel. :(

I haven't caught Nip/Tuck, but I'll make a note to do so. I've written reviews for many of the transgender-themed documentaries, but haven't yet done so for any of the drama/comedy shows where they're featured. My friend loriannetucson wrote about abillings's role on Grey's Anatomy but as you point out, there are so few.

[xlivvielockex]

Here is the IMDB link and it shows what episodes the character was in. You don't really need to have watched the rest of the episodes to understand what is going on. Two plastic surgeons, one is a family man, one is a pussyhound. LOL