#marta cunningham

Apparently James Frain is married to the director of last week’s DSC episode, Marta Cunningham.

Mark that down under “things I did not know.”

She did a fantastic job. It was one of my favorites of the entire season, for sure, and I’ve already been loving this season as a whole.

Gorgeous directing and cinematography all around.

Anna mastro has been directing episodes 5 and 6, marta cunningham is directing episodes 7 and 8 (episode 8 written by becky hartman edwards) and episodes 9 and 10 will be directed by victor nelli

Filming for episodes 7 and 8 starts april 24

Principal photography for season 2 is set to end on June 5, 2017

The show will have a preview of the first episode of season 2 and a panel afterwards on June 9, 2018 (cast members attending TBA) at the ATX tv festival in austin, TX.

No word yet on whether or not they will have a red (pink) carpet premiere in NYC like last season. (They might not have one)

TRANSPARENT: Blacked out by Golden Globes

In support of the empowerment of women and the #TimesUp movement, television shows that had any sexual harassment allegations were entirely banned from participating in this years Golden Globes. Which on the surface seems like a step in the right direction. Except when examined closer, it is actually a step back to the 1950’s Blacklist.

Show creator Jill Soloway and her almost entire female/transgendered writing and directing staff were exclusively banned from the awards show. Not only was this completely broad in its washing of the system, they literally dismissed the hard work of the other 300+ crew members that worked on this show because of one actors alleged misconduct.

No matter how true or horrid these allegations may be, the last time I checked film and TV was a team effort. It has never been one actor or one director that creates the entire medium. It takes every crewmember on and off set to create the look and feel, and to ultimately hone in on a shows main theme.

Ironically Transparent’s main theme is of acceptance and equality: accepting gender, sexuality, and even past transgressions. It even dives deeper into tackling newfound territory like polyamorous relationships and ethnocentrism in its 4th and now possible last season due to the backlash of the allegation and the tidal wave of pressure coming from this movement.

A aclamada e polêmica “YOU”, com todas as suas falhas, ainda se apresenta um olhar no mínimo interessante sobre um fenômeno social ainda pouco explorado... Toda vez que a NETFLIX assina a produção de algo, é costume que pegue um hype, e que morra quase tão rápido quanto estourou. Pelo que parece, não é este o caso desta série que, prestes a ganhar uma terceira temporada, marcou bastante o imaginário dos aficcionados pelo formato. A produção, estrelada pelo galã Penn Badgley, conta a história de um stalker que se apaixona por uma aspirante a escritora. A série procura apresentar um perseguidor de maneira a questionar, como disse o protagonista, “quanto a nossa sociedade é capaz de passar pano para crimes de um homem com o meu tom de pele, e que se pareça comigo”. Isso, de fato, ela faz muito bem. Ignorando os vários furos que o roteiro apresenta (e que ficam ainda piores na segunda temporada), dá para perceber um alto grau de consciência por parte dos roteiristas em não apologizar a violência contra a mulher, ou tentar “suavizar” os aspectos mais doentes do personagem. Ainda que alguns núcleos (como o de Paco) sirvam mais para humanizar que retratar como que um assediador seria, na realidade, o resultado sai mais satisfatório do que o esperado - e pode servir como um excelente alerta ao seu público-alvo, meninas jovens, sobre quais os métodos e, principalmente, o quê caracteriza um acossador, um invasor de privacidade, e um potencial feminicida.