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Appearing in the must-see documentary
Disclosure, a clever and concise history of transgender and non-binary representation in the media, actress-writer Jen Richards made quite an impression on the creators of
Clarice, the new
Silence of the Lambs spinoff on CBS. Brilliantly deconstructing Hollywood’s pervasive trans killer narratives, Richards discussed the impact in her own life of one particular negative portrayal in
Silence: the character of serial killer Buffalo Bill.
“There was a moment many years ago,” recalls Richards, “when I wasn’t out yet as trans and, at my workplace, I started kind of feeling my colleagues out to try and figure out if I could safely transition and not lose my job. I mentioned it to one of my coworkers that I was thinking of transitioning, and she looked at me kind of quizzically and said, ‘You mean like Buffalo Bill?’ It was her only touchstone for what a trans person was, and that was horrifying to me in the moment. In my head, I
CBS Tackles Transphobia In New Episodes Of Clarice
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Thirty years ago,
The Silence of the Lambs was released, creating a sensation for several reasons. The following year, it swept the five major categories at the 1992 Academy Awards while queer activists protested in droves outside the venue over its depiction of its serial killer Buffalo Bill/Jame Gumb. Now the CBS series
Clarice has introduced a storyline featuring trans actress Jen Richards (also a consultant on the show) to counter and reframe the dangerous narrative that painted Buffalo Bill as “transsexual,” although “not a real transsexual,” Anthony Hopkins’s Hannibal Lecter tells Jodie Foster’s Clarice Starling in the film.
Silence of the Lambs spinoff
Clarice is trying to counter and reframe the harmful narrative of Buffalo Bill as a “transsexual” serial killer, which resulted in real world harm to the trans community.
Clarice is based on the psychological horror novel
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris and its 1991 movie adaption. Both the film and novel depict Jame Gumb, known as the serial killer “Buffalo Bill”, as having signs of gender dysphoria.
The CBS series explores FBI agent Clarice Starling’s past trauma after confronting and killing Gumb and encountering another serial killer, Hannibal Lecter.
The film painted Buffalo Bill as a “transsexual”, although Anthony Hopkin’s Lector told Jodie Foster’s Starling that Bill is “not a real transsexual”. Now, the new series is confronting the film’s problematic trans representation.
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