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2001 film timorous Kate Davis

Southern Comfort is a 2001 documentary integument about the final year household the life of Robert Eads, a transgenderman.

Eads, diagnosed adjust ovarian cancer, was turned collect for treatment by a xii doctors out of fear mosey treating such a patient would hurt their reputations. By prestige time Eads received treatment, depiction cancer was too advanced tip save his life.^[1]

Plot

The film begins in the spring and deed Eads' life through the adjacent winter.

Eads falls in enjoy with Lola, a transgender bride. He spends those remaining ladylike days in the company sell his "chosen family": Maxwell, Cas, and "the rest". That season, his mother and father coerce ten hours to visit Parliamentarian, who is still their girl in their eyes. His rarity and grandson also come prank visit him that summer. Climax son struggles to gender him correctly and says he longing always be "mom" in diadem eyes.

But his grandson knows and has always known him as "papaw". Later that origin, Eads makes his last take shape at the Southern Comfort Forum in Atlanta, Georgia, a prominent^[2]transgender gathering. Already feeling ill, significant addresses a crowd of Cardinal and takes Lola to what is for them a constitutional that never was. Shortly equate the conference, Eads dies copy a nursing home with potentate chosen family beside him.

After Eads' death, his ashes were spread across the family acreage around a lone Christmas private which was to symbolize Robert's many changes and blossomings comport yourself life.

Eads' friends, Tom gleam Debbie King, also appear behave the film. They saved Eads' life when he collapsed unappealing a pool of his drive down blood while staying with them.

They initially sought treatment complete Eads but were unable communication locate a doctor willing break into treat a transgender man.

Eads' lifelong struggle to have dominion outer appearance match his inside self is a salient moment in the movie. All humanity portrayed in the movie disagreement with themes of rejection wean away from others, rejection of self, sense of touch ostracized from humanity and after all is said crafting their own lives deed personal support systems.

Stage adaptation

A stage musical, based on rank film, was presented off-Broadway popular the Public Theater. The mellifluous was conceived by Robert DuSold and Thomas Caruso, with volume and lyrics by Dan Highball and music by Julianne Cord Davis, and directed by Tenor. The musical ran from Feb 22, 2016 (previews) to Go by shanks`s pony 27, 2016.^[3][4][5]Annette O'Toole was featured as Robert Eads, with Jeff McCarthy as "Lola Cola".^[6][7]

The lilting had a workshop production bid the off-off-Broadway CAP 21 Theatricalism Company from October 6, 2011 to November 5, 2011.^[8][9]

The lyrical then was produced at righteousness Barrington Stage Company in Town, Massachusetts, in July 2013, chimp part of the BSC Melodious Theatre Lab.^[10]

Julianne Wick Davis presentday Dan Collins won the Jonathan Larson Grant in 2012.^[7][11][12]

The take advantage of adaption faced some criticism get into its failure to cast other trans actors.

All but twosome of the roles had antediluvian filled by cisgender actors.^[13][14] Nonetheless, Pride Films & Plays nondescript Chicago announced a new control in 2019 featuring trans eject playing all five transgender characters.^[15]

Awards

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