No Ordinary Man | movie | 2021 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

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00:00I'm auditioning for the role of Billy.

00:02This is my audition for Billy Tipton.

00:04Auditioning for Billy.

00:05This is Billy.

00:06And I'm here for the role of Billy.

00:08Now number 16 on our program tonight,

00:10with Billy on a vocal,

00:12it's the best things in life are free.

00:20I'm a musician and I didn't know who he was

00:22and I was very surprised at myself.

00:24Also a little bit guilty.

00:25I was like, this is like a legend.

00:27How have I not done my homework?

00:30It is kind of erased from history,

00:32when he was this amazing musician.

00:35I listened to his whole album on the way here

00:37and I was almost in tears.

00:39How would I summarize the story of Billy Tipton?

00:45He was a trans-masculine jazz musician.

00:50Pretty simple.

00:55It's such a common story, actually,

00:58to sensationalize, you know, the reveal.

01:01You know, this person had those genitals,

01:03but they use those pronouns.

01:05Shock, you know, horror.

01:07Many would imagine that they're unsure

01:09if they will be honored as trans people in death.

01:12He was a doting, loving, caring, ordinary father.

01:17Father.

01:18Father.

01:19No matter what he was.

01:20I loved him just the way he was.

01:26Trans people's survival through history

01:28was based on their ability to assimilate into society

01:31without being noticed.

01:33Why?

01:34Because there was no such thing as a trans man.

01:42It's a question about passing.

01:44How you were reading yourself

01:45versus how the room is reading you,

01:47always negotiating that boundary.

01:49It's an assumption that passing

01:51is somehow about fooling.

01:53You know, trying to pass.

01:55Pass is what?

01:56Regular?

01:57I don't want to f***ing be regular.

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