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Will Ferrell Promotes Transgenderism In New “Will & Harper” Documentary

Will Ferrell stars in a new documentary alongside his trans friend Harper Steele as they embark on a road trip through the US tackling questions surrounding the trans identity. The trailer for this documentary has many in tears as they view the friendship between these two people shift and change with the news of Harper’s transition. Will this documentary truly explore trans ideology and all that it entails? Let’s talk about it.

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Duration:: 8m
Broadcast on:: 07 Sep 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

It looks as though comedian Will Ferrell is going to be releasing a pro-trans documentary on Netflix come September. This documentary is going to follow him and his good friend that is going through a male-to-female transition and it's titled Will and Harper. Let's talk about it. Yeah, you better. Guys, before we get into today's video, please like and subscribe. Yesterday, Will Ferrell is back in the news as he's releasing a new documentary on Netflix titled Will and Harper, which follows him on a road trip with one of his good friends, Harper Steel, formerly known as Andrew Steel. Apparently, they met on the set of SNL. Andrew Steel was one of the writers and later on in adulthood, Andrew came out as a trans woman, now known as Harper. So it's about Will Ferrell's relationship with now Harper discussing their friendship, discussing the different dynamics that have now entered Harper's life as a transitioning trans woman and really telling a tale of what friendship can look like when the news of a transition like this comes to switch things up of it. And then one day, I got this email. I'll be transitioning to live as a woman. And of course, this documentary is going to focus heavily on Harper's experience in relation to the United States as the trans identity is highly politicized, but also Harper's relationship with, I guess, herself in this case and the former self being Andrew Steel, I imagine. I love this country so much. I just don't know if it loves me back right now. I'm not really afraid of these people. I'm afraid of heating my school. And people are freaking out about this trailer. Let's read some of the reactions on X. Why didn't this come with a warning? I just watched it at work and now I'm sobbing. So I just burst into tears. Imagine if we just supported and loved our friends and made space for uncertainty in questions without judgment. Just bought tickets to see this midday at an empty theater so I can cry my eyes out. And lastly, this one's a doozy. This is exactly what white rich men with privilege and a huge cis male following should be doing. I will love Will Ferrell forever. All right, so of course, the reactions are as you could imagine. This is probably going to be a groundbreaking documentary for many on the left who are already on the pro-trans end of this issue. I'm curious to see if this documentary fully gets a wide scope of all the different sets of beliefs one could have on this issue or if it's really going to be a one-sided experience. And of course, that side being how can we throw a hundred percent acceptance and blind affirmation towards this issue. And I got to say in watching the trailer, it seems really well put together. It's certainly an interesting topic to be exploring. I just wonder if it's going to be explored fully and in knowing Netflix and in knowing a little bit about Will Ferrell's politics. I feel like this is going to be, as I said before, a one-sided documentary on this issue. Isn't it just time for women to run the planet? I mean, I'm not just trying to placate you, I swear. But I don't know what else to do because we, men, we've been running the show since, what, 10,000 BC, something like that. And we're not doing so good. So please, can you guys just take over? In a recent variety interview, Will Ferrell described the documentary as... 17 days out on the road, really, you know, 16 hours a day, really discussing both of our lives and really listening in depth to what Harper had gone through, how she got to this point, how she was brave enough to get to this point. I think it changed both of us just to be that stronger of friends. You can already tell on how he's talking about it, where he leans on the issue, especially in his reference to Harper's transition as a brave act. And of course, that is up for debate. And I don't want to come at this immediately hating on the documentary. I haven't seen it yet. It could take a very fascinating turn and might have some messaging that I support. But I can only imagine this is very much directed through Will Ferrell's lens and through Harper's lens. And again, I don't know if it's going to really deeply look at the issue of transgenderism. Instead, it feels like it's just going to be a full-fledged support of anyone and any person who wants to transition. And the fact that it does seem like it's just going to be blind support of the transgender identity is really disheartening, because this documentary presents an amazing moment to truly go through all the different questions that so many have on this issue. And Will Ferrell is actually coming at this documentary from the perspective of not having much trans knowledge prior, as he also says in the variety interview. What was your sort of, I guess, baseline knowledge of the trans experience before this very personal-- it's actually very personally. Baseline knowledge, zero. Yeah, I know I'd met trans people before I didn't have anyone personally in my life. This was all new territory, because I think it's a chance for, you know, all of us in the cis community to be able to kind of ask questions that-- I know for me it was a chance for me to ask questions that I know. And to also just to listen. So he says it's about asking questions. I do wonder if it's going to be the right questions. I wonder if they're going to explore any of the downsides of the transgender identity, specifically as it pertains to maybe a medical transitioning, which it seems as though his friend Harper has gone through. These are good discussions I think to have. Maybe asking Harper about any doubts or regrets one has about the transgender identity or at what age Harper feels as though people should be able to be affirmed in that transgender identity, considering Harper was somebody who transitioned later in life. Don't get me wrong. There is something heartfelt and beautiful about this journey of friendship and getting maybe a bit of jarring news and learning to accept that about somebody and coming to an understanding of one another and maybe having a discussion about self-acceptance. I just question whether or not this is actually a journey of self-acceptance. And of course, there are many people who are going to disagree with me on the issue of the trans identity. We know that to be true. And maybe they'll watch this documentary and this heartfelt acceptance of transness and think that this is a wonderful service to the world. I, on the other hand, just don't think that's necessarily what it's going to be. And that doesn't mean it won't be beautiful. It doesn't mean it won't make you laugh. It doesn't mean it's not a beautiful example of a wonderful, strong friendship. It just means that I don't know that I can fully endorse the message that is going to be strewn throughout this documentary and very clearly so. I feel for Andrew/Harper, somebody who has struggled so much with their identity and learning to love themselves throughout their life that late into their adulthood, they decide to transition to be a woman. I have many questions for somebody who goes through and makes that choice for themselves. And I have no doubt in my mind that it is a difficult choice to make on your own behalf, considering all the different medical procedures that come with it, all the different conversations that are now opened up, all the different weird ways in which you now have to interact with the world in this new identity. It's difficult. We know it. But is it the right thing for somebody who is struggling so much in loving themselves? It seems that the documentary is already made of its mind on that, which makes me believe it's not going to genuinely be contending with the issue. And that's okay. It's Will and Harper's experience. We just need to remind ourselves that it is Will and Harper's experience. And sometimes a documentary like this while being charming and funny and heartwarming can paint an incomplete picture of the thing it is documenting. So yeah, I'll be watching this documentary when it comes out and I'll be wishing Will and Harper nothing but the best in their journeys to self-acceptance, but I will be watching with a grain of salt and maybe an expanded view on the parts of the trans journey that are not being documented in this piece. But those are just my thoughts. Drop your thoughts in the comments down below. As always, I encourage healthy debate on this channel. 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