Rising star Theo Germaine's next act is Showtime's 'Work in Progress'
It involves the well-meaning brother-in-law of Abby — the series’ protagonist and a self-described “45-year-old queer dyke” — starting to ask a seemingly probing question about Abby’s new transgender boyfriend, Chris . But before bro-ish Mike can even spit out his sentence, Abby cuts him off.
Abby’s line serves as a non-preachy reminder of exactly where we are in the age of identity politics: The world is now saturated with enough educational information about marginalized groups that one can be forgiven for dismissing an awkward question with “Google it.”And Germaine, a trans nonbinary actor who uses he/him and they/them pronouns interchangeably, has been in Abby's position to many varying degrees.
“I frequently have to be the teacher when somebody else has acted out of ignorance or acted selfishly,” Germaine, 27, told NBC News. “But it shouldn't be the hurt person's responsibility to educate the person who's done the hurt.” In Germaine's case, the real-life “hurt” ranges from an unsupportive relative's “conditioned homophobia and transphobia” to encounters with well-intended Mike-types who still don't know that certain variants of “trans” are considered offensive. But even in “woke,” queer company, Germaine has still had to be the teacher, in a sense, despite “the hurt” being largely off the table.
“Work in Progress,” a dry, romantic comedy, premieres Dec. 8, but Germaine is already a breakout sensation thanks to their role as cunning strategist James in “The Politician,” a Ryan Murphy comedy that dropped on Netflix in September. James' gender identity is never addressed, and both the character and Germaine were introduced to the world — without easy instruction manuals — in one binge-worthy, possibly unprecedented burst.
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