Even if Transparent were awful (and it’s not ... He’s an unexpectedly funny performer, someone who never just makes a joke when he could be sneaking up on it unexpectedly instead.

Nobody is better than Jill Soloway at making seriously dark sh*t funny. Transparent, which Soloway created, directs, and writes, is a regular object lesson in making light of tragic or troubling ...

Funny, Dirty, Sad: The 'Holy Trinity' For 'Transparent' Creator Jill Soloway When writer Jill Soloway's father came out as a trans woman, Soloway says, it was a huge relief. And it helped her ...