<em>Transparent</em> Ends With an Act of Musical Trolling
The Amazon show’s finale uses bombastic songs to convey its once-subtle message of hope.
This article contains spoilers for the series finale of Transparent.
In the “Musicale Finale” episode of Shelly Pfefferman (Judith Light) tears off her bra and wishes her children had never been born. “I’m waking up from a 40-year nightmare … If I could, I’d shove you back inside me,” she sings in the number “Your Boundary Is My Trigger.” In her head, she’s standing on a Broadway-style set with staircases and platforms and purple-pink lighting and a troupe of backup dancers in bunny slippers. In reality, she’s in a synagogue auditorium, addressing her three
