Who knew VH1 would end up being one of the more progressive channels out there? I'd been seeing commercials for their new make-over show Transform Me - but really didn't give it much thought. I mean, really who needs to see yet another Lemony Snickety Unfortunate Event get a little less ugly than they were 30 minutes ago. Yawn. But, last night it was coming on after RuPaul's Drag Race and I didn't know where the remote was, so...
And I was actually rather impressed. The make-over gurus on this one are trannies. I think it's quite brilliant. Who better to tell the fat girl that got hit in the face with the dodge ball how to get fierce than the gay boy who got hit in the face with the dodge ball and got fierce. It's a cool concept. Last night's show wasn't earth shattering but they took the formerly fat but still ugly girl who was going out for a "girl's night" with her equally fat and/or ugly friends and made her into something a little less publicly frightening. At least children were not running and screaming in abject terror anymore...
But I like the concept. Having been a drag queen for a great many years I know the effort involved - a concept that a LOT of women take for granted. And who better than to relate to someone going through a life changing transformation than a tranny? Kudos to the legendary Laverne Cox (show's creator and main tran) for cooking this one up.
Full episode after the cut - lemme know what you think.
