I like Funny That Way. It is a fun, touching documentary on trans coming out. I mean, what’s not to like? It speaks very directly to me and my own experience of coming out and it includes some genuinely entertaining moments of stand-up comedy.
And whatever your own personal circumstance, if you are trans, there much here that you are likely to find very recognisable.
It is the story of Julia Scotti who, prior to coming out, in the late 1990’s was doing well. Then, as Rick, Julia was what critics would have described as “one to watch” - working clubs across the USA and regularly billed alongside the likes of Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld.
Then the roof fell in. At age 47, Julia realised that her life as a man did not fit. After an amount of soul-searching, she began the process of gender transition – hormones and, eventually,...
And whatever your own personal circumstance, if you are trans, there much here that you are likely to find very recognisable.
It is the story of Julia Scotti who, prior to coming out, in the late 1990’s was doing well. Then, as Rick, Julia was what critics would have described as “one to watch” - working clubs across the USA and regularly billed alongside the likes of Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld.
Then the roof fell in. At age 47, Julia realised that her life as a man did not fit. After an amount of soul-searching, she began the process of gender transition – hormones and, eventually,...
- 8/10/2020
- by Jane Fae
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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