'I'm hurting y'all. I see injustice and it hurts me inside.'
premiere event in New York City on Thursday. The landmark FX show's executive producer and director gave a passionate speech, speaking up against Hollywood, oppression of trans women, and at one point talked about very personal matters.."This is whattaught me," she said."I stand up taller in the world because of this show. I know that I matter because of this show. I have a voice because of this show.
One of the things that she felt hurt by was the compensation she got for her work. She said,"Why am I making $40,000 a motherfucking episode? Huh? Do you know who the fuck I am? Do you know what I fucking mean? Huh? I am angry.""Fuck Hollywood," she said at one point during the unexpected speech."Does this make you uncomfortable? It should. It should make you fucking shake in your motherfucking boots. This is speaking the truth. This is what 'Pose' is.
Mock also had a couple of personal matters to get off her chest. Mock apologized to Our Lady J who co-executive produced, saying,"I tried to shrink you to make myself bigger. Why couldn't I just love you?" She also seemed to be apologizing to her boyfriend Angel Bismark Curiel, who plays Lil Papi, for cheating on him with someone from the crew.
The speech ended by driving the point home that while the representation of Black and Brown trans women on television is important, it isn't enough."It's a show, but it means so much to everyone to 'ensure that we enable black and brown trans women to make it' because that sounds good," she said, confronting the audience."It makes you comfortable, me talking like that. Because then I don't scare you into facing the fucking truth: You all have stomped on us.
Eventually, the silence in the room was broken by the other trans women in the room — including actors
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