Oct. 20--The cast of Amazon's Emmy-winning series "Transparent" on Monday praised creator Jill Soloway's "feminine style of leadership."
"The main feeling is that we are making something together and the positions are not so hardcore defined. You cannot make a mistake on this set," Judith Light (who plays matriarch Shelly Pfefferman) said at New York PaleyFest, according to deadline.com.
"Transparent" explores gender identity through the transition of Maura Pfefferman (played by Jeffrey Tambor). Soloway, a Chicago native and and alumna of the Annoyance Theatre, got the inspiration for the show from her own transgender parent.
"I bring to work a feminist and feminine style of leadership. I'm here to pump air into the balloon and let this thing rise ... Everybody knows that the most important thing is that we have fun," said Soloway, who won the Emmy for best director of a comedy series last month. "On most sets, they say, 'We're running out of time, we're running out of money, and we're running out of light.' The mantra here is 'We have plenty of time, we have plenty of money, and we are the light.' And it's cheesy, but it (expletive) works."
The second season of "Transparent" is slated to be released Dec. 4.
