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More strikingly and quite Solowayian in its chutzpah the script turnsTransparentinto a full-blown musical, complete with dance numbers.
Early reaction to the Musicale Finale has been mixed to negative.
Its definitely a bittersweet, sometimes frustrating, occasionally surreal experience.
It is amazing in the best and worst way; they couldve brought in Mel Brooks to introduce it.
Beyond its cultural specifics, this is a series about people trying to be happy.
It doesnt matter whether unhappy reactions seem logical or irrational from afar.
Peoples feelings are real even when theyre triggered by misunderstandings, social conditioning, and fear.
Josh handled the news the worst of Mauras three children, but in time he came around.
Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
As in life, every character onTransparentis the star of the film unspooling in their mind.
And you are allmonsters!
What bolder way to express all these complexities than by transforming the show itself?
This is the sameTransparent, yet it isnt.
Its a work-in-progress arriving at the tail-end of the series run.
Its a musical movie made by people who havent made any other musical movies.
It hasnt figured everything out yet.
It almost feels like a test, which reveals whether we truly absorbed what this show was about.
Do we reject them because they arent what wed grown accustomed to?
The films stylistic gambits also draw out elements that floated under the surface duringTransparents regular run.
Whenever we saw those flash-cuts, it was as if the town itself was suffering from PTSD.
In a way, its as if the series always had a song in its heart.
