Bruce Jenner’s gender transition gets a documentary series
http://www.reviewjournal.com/entert...r-s-gender-transition-gets-documentary-series
By MARIANNE ZUMBERGE
VARIETY
With the announcement that E! will air a new documentary series this summer about Bruce Jenner’s transition from male to female, fans are eagerly awaiting bearing witness to the former Olympian’s journey.
The as yet not titled eight-part, one-hour series is set to premiere July 26. Jenner, who along with his family has starred in the hit E! reality series “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” recently went public with the fact that he is transgender.
Here are a few things we hope the new show will offer:
Fans of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” often got to see the sometimes strained relationship between Bruce and his wife Kris. As the Kardashian family matriarch who also manages her kids’ careers, Kris butted heads with Bruce over everything from their children to his desire for more privacy.
The pair announced they had filed for divorce in September 2014 after some time of living apart. There has been plenty of speculation regarding Kris Jenner’s feelings about Bruce’s transitioning though she tweeted her support after he made the announcement Friday during an interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer.
Before he was a realty television star, Jenner was a popular motivational speaker. He is already being hailed for bringing attention to the transgender community.
“Bruce is incredibly courageous and an inspiration, and we are proud to be entrusted with this deeply personal and important story,” said Jeff Olde, executive vice president of programming and development for E! “This series will present an unfiltered look as Bruce boldly steps into uncharted territory and is true to himself for the first time.”
According to E! Jennifer Finney Boylan, who is the national co-chair of GLAAD, will serve as a consultant on Jenner’s series.
“Orange Is the New Black” actress Laverne Cox, who is transgender, has also offered Jenner her support.
“I think a lot of people tuned in expecting to see a spectacle, and they tuned in and saw a profoundly nuanced, complicated, beautiful human being,” Cox told MSNBC’s Janet Mock.
Jenner is extremely close with his children.
He has six biological kids with former wives Chrystie Scott, Linda Thompson, and Kris Jenner. He also helped raise Kris Jenner’s four children — Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Robert Kardashian — from her first marriage.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/entert...r-s-gender-transition-gets-documentary-series
By MARIANNE ZUMBERGE
VARIETY
With the announcement that E! will air a new documentary series this summer about Bruce Jenner’s transition from male to female, fans are eagerly awaiting bearing witness to the former Olympian’s journey.
The as yet not titled eight-part, one-hour series is set to premiere July 26. Jenner, who along with his family has starred in the hit E! reality series “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” recently went public with the fact that he is transgender.
Here are a few things we hope the new show will offer:
Fans of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” often got to see the sometimes strained relationship between Bruce and his wife Kris. As the Kardashian family matriarch who also manages her kids’ careers, Kris butted heads with Bruce over everything from their children to his desire for more privacy.
The pair announced they had filed for divorce in September 2014 after some time of living apart. There has been plenty of speculation regarding Kris Jenner’s feelings about Bruce’s transitioning though she tweeted her support after he made the announcement Friday during an interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer.
Before he was a realty television star, Jenner was a popular motivational speaker. He is already being hailed for bringing attention to the transgender community.
“Bruce is incredibly courageous and an inspiration, and we are proud to be entrusted with this deeply personal and important story,” said Jeff Olde, executive vice president of programming and development for E! “This series will present an unfiltered look as Bruce boldly steps into uncharted territory and is true to himself for the first time.”
According to E! Jennifer Finney Boylan, who is the national co-chair of GLAAD, will serve as a consultant on Jenner’s series.
“Orange Is the New Black” actress Laverne Cox, who is transgender, has also offered Jenner her support.
“I think a lot of people tuned in expecting to see a spectacle, and they tuned in and saw a profoundly nuanced, complicated, beautiful human being,” Cox told MSNBC’s Janet Mock.
Jenner is extremely close with his children.
He has six biological kids with former wives Chrystie Scott, Linda Thompson, and Kris Jenner. He also helped raise Kris Jenner’s four children — Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Robert Kardashian — from her first marriage.
