Mike Doughty tapped his friend Max Skaff to create the video for his single “Wait! You’ll Find A Better Way” and it premiered today at Salon.com.
According to Salon, ““Wait! You’ll Find a Better Way” is a black-and-white video detailing a getting-to-know-you date. The lead actress, a transgender woman named Larissa, is shown doing her usual date-night prep, before her beau arrives at her apartment. The two talk, drink and flirt. At the end of the video, Larissa falls asleep, and her date leaves her a note — with unknown contents — before slipping out of the house… Skaff, a transgender man who started his transition in the last few months. ‘I feel like trans people are usually portrayed in a false sense on movies or television,” he said. “I think what America thinks a trans person is ‘supposed to look like’ is usually very inaccurate and often offensive. What we need to be educated on is more often than not after medical intervention, a trans person looks exactly like the gender they are medically transitioning to look like. You would never even be able to tell.'”
Read the full Salon.com piece on the video here and watch it below…
