For one second all I know, everything is made of snow

[sovay]

I was just informed that there will be a television adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness (1969).

If the Gethenian characters are not cast with genderqueer actors, I will feel someone is missing the point.

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[kore]

I think one thing that's come up is trans actors making their own projects, or being in limited distribution ones, and getting the notice of directors that way: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/05/03/five-movies-and-tv-shows-to-watch-starring-transgender-actors-in-trans-stories/101192498/ Tangerine was a big success story. But of course that depends on a cast director being able to find and appreciate talent without prejudice. -- I was always hoping that at first the indie film 'revolution' (heh, which turned out to be about as 'indie' as the grunge revolution) or the rise of digital filmmaking might finally wrench power away from Hollywood, so people could set up smaller studios or even temporary filmmaking setups in places that wouldn't be so locked into the male gaze and patriarchal beauty &c &c. But that doesn't seem to be happening much, as far as I can tell.

[sovay]

making their own projects, or being in limited distribution ones, and getting the notice of directors that way

I had not heard of two of the movies on that list, so thank you!

(I really need to watch Sense8. My father has been following it since the pilot and with the exception of the recent Christmas episode loves it, so I get regular reports and it continues to sound really good.)

[kore]

Sense8 is really good, and on a terribly shallow note, Freema Agyeman and Jamie Clayton are both super hot and super hot together. I would watch a whole show of them doing dishes or something.