. They felt that they needed to address this issue that seldom sees the light of day. At the same time, The pair knew they needed to subvert the “bury/kill your gays” trope that has often been the norm in TV and film. The trope refers to ancharacter in a film or TV show getting murdered at the service of a straight, cisgender character’s plotline. It gives the impression that LGTBQ lives are more expendable than their hetero co-stars.
DEADLINE: You said that this season felt like you had to lose a character, but when you first started the series were you already planting that seed?As Janet said, there are two epidemics running through this show. There’s the epidemic of HIV/AIDS, and there’s the epidemic of violence against trans women. I think we’ve always been conscious of that — of the dangers and the injustices.
DEADLINE: How did you make Candy’s death and funeral not fall into the “kill your LGTBQ character” trap?We really wanted an episode that takes you beyond the headlines.
Also, for us, you have this great moment, where you said, you went through the moments of complete fright, at first, then denial. You didn’t believe that she was really gone. I think that everyone has that first reaction when you see her body. You’re hopeful — because our show is hopeful — that when she goes missing and the girls can’t find her that she’s going to pop up, and then they’re going to pull her back together.
For us, the care comes in the sense of, what do our people do after we’re found? How do they deal with that loss? What does that look like, as Ryan said, to go and claim this body that the system says you have no right over, despite you being the ones that were her real family? What does it look like to contact parents who haven’t even talked to her, who don’t know her as a woman? What does it look like to reconcile all this pain? We see Lulu for the first time without Candy, and that’s a loss.
MURPHY: For me, I don’t. But I’m also doing things where I feel like I’m using any power that have or money in the bank, so to speak, by giving people from the generation below me a chance. That’s Janet in my book. She has this amazing, groundbreaking new deal at Netflix. So, no, I never get burnout when I have the opportunity to bring people up that I love, who I think can change the world. If that wasn’t in the cards, maybe.
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