![]() This comes as little surprise the Wachowskis have often erred on the side of incoherence in their previous work, and their public comments about race (particularly Lana Wachowski’s controversial dreadlocks and much-condemned Trans100 address in 2015, not to mention the offensive yellowface they included in Cloud Atlas) have been, in the most charitable words possible, misguided. To deny that Sense8 is deeply flawed, from its basic storytelling to its rather flagrant, clueless racism, would be dishonest. (Spoilers for both seasons of Sense8, as well as its finale, below.) Now, as the already-cancelled series prepares to wrap up with a two and a half-hour finale (debuting June 8th on Netflix), and divisions within the queer community burn bright during a especially-volatile Pride Month, we can learn a lot by carefully examining Sense8, where its creators went wrong, and the uncanny beauty that is Nomanita. Although Sense8 is in many ways the Wachowski sisters’ most defining creation after The Matrix, that’s not entirely a compliment. I knew in that moment that I wasn’t ready for Sense8 and the world it wanted to show me. I knew Clayton was a transgender woman, that being exactly why I wanted to give the show a shot - but in my first viewing, I couldn’t immediately tell which one.įor some reason, perhaps because I was still very early in my transition when the show premiered in 2015, I felt a cold shiver of discomfort. I’d been compelled by the promise of an unforgettable sapphic romance, but a curious wave of dysphoria overwhelmed me when I watched characters Nomi and Amanita (Jamie Clayton and Freema Agyeman, respectively) make love for the first time. The first time I sat down to watch the premiere episode of Sense8, I turned it off barely ten minutes in.
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