Cassie

Overall an interesting docuseries, but I felt that the later episodes were trying too hard to make Liz out to be a good person because she was trans in a time where that was virtually unheard of by most people -- but Liz being trans has nothing to do with whether or not she was a nice/good/well-intentioned person and that's where I think this doc misses. Liz was a career criminal who, among other things, deprived her children of an education because allowing them to attend school would leave a paper trail, one that would make it easier for her to get caught on her constant run from the law. She was a compulsive liar who made false promises & swindled people out of their money, allowing them to put money down on a car that was never going to be finished, let alone be safe to drive if it was -- but she was also a mother, a grandmother & someone with unwavering love for those that she loved. The problem with this miniseries is that it eventually glosses over Liz's history as a con-artist in effort to present her as some kind of visionary hero to be loved & honored by all. Liz was, largely, not a good person but she didn't/doesn't need to be in order to be deserving of the right to live as her true self. That would've been a much more interesting POV than "actually she was good & nice & wanted to change the world for the better, she just wasn't given the chance." imo. Let her be a selfish, egomaniacal criminal who still deserved to have her gender identity & expression respected. Side note: I also wasn't a fan of the comic book/newspaper clipping style art in this doc, it added an off-putting comedic element to many moments that should have been serious, but I get that they had very limited archival footage to work with and needed to add something to make up for that.