Wachowski Brothers and the Speed Racer Movie

Steven Weintraub writes "Susan Sarandon talks about the Wachowski Brothers Speed Racer movie and confirms the revolutionary way the brothers are making the film — the entire frame will be in focus like a cartoon."

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the Wachowskis

[Anonymous Coward]

According to the editable database Wikipedia,

"Larry Wachowski "has changed his sex and is now living as Lana Wachowski"

As a side question, when refering to a trans-gender indvidiual in the past tense, which pronoun do you use?

Re:the Wachowskis

[timster]

My transgendered friend suggests using the new gender and name universally, even when referencing events prior to the change. You might do the same thing for someone whose name changed in marriage ("Mrs. Smith used to have a cat before she was married" seems like a reasonable enough statement).

Alas, I'm very poor at remembering to do it this way -- probably because she moved away from the state long before the change, and I've only seen her on rare occasions since... leaving me with stronger memories of her as a guy.

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[zero_offset]

As a side question, when refering to a trans-gender indvidiual in the past tense, which pronoun do you use?

The correct answer is "whatever sex they actually are," since no amount of self-mutilation actually changes their sex.

Re:the Wachowskis

[Anonymous Coward]

You should kill her and put her out of her misery. I mean, you should kill him and put him out of his misery.

Wait 'till I tell my friends

[djupedal]

kdawson quotes Steven Weintraub quoting Susan Sarandon talking about...oh, never mind.