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I hope many of you are planning to catch the season two special one-hour opening episode of The Shaun Proulx show tonight (7:30 pm ET – OUTtv). I got a sneak peak and without giving spoilers, I’ll tell you why you’re in for a treat.
First and foremost, it’s the most intimate and revealing interview I have ever seen of Buck Angel, the person behind the devilishly handsome trans man porn star. I have seen and read many interviews of Angel’s over the years. Prior to seeing Shaun’s show yesterday, I found an interview Buck did for a Dutch show, a good one because it went into topics and depths that are not permitted within mainstream US media. But Shaun dug even deeper in his interview, both into Buck’s past and current life.
The real treat for me was that Shaun did it without sensationalizing it à la Jerry Springer, as so many others have. Surgeries are discussed without Buck needing to lift his shirt and become like a specimen on display at a museum. Buck’s transition is well framed as part of the story, rather than the sole defining factor, and the medical transition itself made into the central climatic part of his warm and frank exchange with Shaun.
Shaun’s questions were a welcome change, refreshing, poignant, and revealed the day-to-day person Buck is outside of his job. I know many of Bucks’ fans will enjoy getting to know him as a person, not just a celebrity. Buck’s is as always charismatic and candid, offering a trip down memory lanes both good and bad that reveal when and how he became the wonderful coy sexy porn producer and star he is today.
I definitely encourage anyone wanting to know more about Buck – whether you’re a fan of his work or not, and especially those who are not familiar with him – to check out tonight’s The Shaun Proulx Show on OUTtv at 7:30. It’s not to be missed. (Click here for a clip.)
