• Imperor@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    But following the announcement, he received a text from “a very good friend who is the mother of a trans child,” linking him to a Book Riot op-ed entitled, An Open Letter to John Lithgow: Please Walk Away from Harry Potter.

    As for whether the criticism has soured the role for him, Lithgow replied, “Oh, heavens no.”

    Oh fuck off. Shame, I really liked 3rd Rock from the Sun.

    • Gwen@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 hours ago

      Me too! Even though I was a deeply closeted and repressing trans girl in the 90s, I sooo appreciated Sally’s experience of going from living as an alien to living as a woman and discovering womanhood, living together with others who knew her background. It’s even more relatable now that I’ve done it myself.