NewsBusters.org – By P.J. Gladnick
It seemed like a comedy sketch meant to parody the unique Larry King interviewing style but last night satire met reality when King interviewed several transgendered people on his show. Because Larry didn’t change his typical interview style a bit, the show came off as both extremely surreal as well as unintentionally hilarious. Here is a portion of the transcript from King’s August 10 show which melodramatically begins with this introduction:
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She took away our father, but in return she gave me another parent, a better parent. Our love is unconditional.
KING: An 18-year-old in transition from male to female aiming to be the first transgender Victoria’s Secret model. A former city manager named Steve who was fired after announcing his plan to change genders. He’s here now as Susan. They are all next on LARRY KING KIVE.
Good evening. Tonight’s show takes on the topic of gender reassignment surgery and the people who have had it. They are born one gender but emotionally they feel more like the opposite sex, so at some point in their lives they embark on a long, tough journey to physically change themselves into the person they feel like most rather than the person they were born as.