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''I Am Cait'' is an American television documentary series which chronicles the life of Caitlyn Jenner after her gender transition. The eight-part one-hour documentary series debuted on July 26, 2015, on the E! network. The series focuses on the "new normal" for Jenner, exploring changes to her relationships with her family and friends. The show additionally explores how Jenner adjusts to what she sees as her job as a role model for the transgender community. Critical reception of ''I Am Cait'' has been generally positive. Critics particularly praised the series approach to the social issues of the transgender community and its influence on the way Americans see and understand transgender people in general. The show's informative and serious tone has also been noted, and how it differs from ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians'', a reality series that Jenner has starred in together with her family. In October, the show was renewed for a second season. == Production == The network announced the documentary series on April 24, 2015, immediately after Caitlyn Jenner (then Bruce) came out as a trans woman during the ''20/20'' interview with Diane Sawyer. "Bruce is incredibly courageous and an inspiration, and we are proud to be entrusted with this deeply personal and important story," said Jeff Olde, Head of Programming of E! network. "This series will present an unfiltered look as Bruce boldly steps into uncharted territory and is true to himself for the first time,” Olde also added.〔 The series has selected a renowned group of consultants, including Jennifer Finney Boylan, Dr. Marie Keller and Susan P. Landon, who will work on the show to keep it insightful, as well as enlisted support from GLAAD, an LGBTQ-focused media advocacy organization. The first trailer for the series, now titled ''I Am Cait'', was released on June 3, 2015, after Jenner introduced herself as Caitlyn in the interview with ''Vanity Fair''. The idea of the reality television series which would document the gender transition of Caitlyn Jenner was initially introduced about a year before the show was announced to the public. Jeff Jenkins, one of the producers on ''Keeping Up With the Kardashians'', got a call about a meeting with Jenner, thus confirming the rumors of her transition. The series was confirmed several months later once Jenner got the right idea about the purpose of the series. "She would have been so hounded for the story and that’s why, in my understanding, she decided, () so (could ) hopefully tell all of it in the right way," Jenkins speculated the reasons why Jenner accepted the series. "Why did I decide to do a series? I am telling ''my story''... This is about getting to be who you really are," Jenner later herself explained the reasons for opening her life on television in one of the promotional videos. Several days later after the interview with Diane Sawyer, E! aired a two-part episode special on ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians'' entitled ''About Bruce'', in which another side of the story was told featuring family members who did not appear in the previous interview on ''20/20''. Dee Lockett, writing for ''Vulture'', speculated that the interviews were "strategically set up Caitlyn's transition to become the show's next must-watch spectacle, (Am Cait'' )".〔 Caitlyn Jenner has been appearing on the family's reality show since its introduction and was considered as a sidelined character. Lockett also noted that the special "was a test-run, for both Caitlyn and E!, to see how their fan-favorite reality series would look with one of its most underappreciated characters (and last names) running the show." The show premiered on E!, the same network which serves as the home to ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians'', a reality television series that Jenner has starred in together with her family since 2007. ''I Am Cait'' is produced by Bunim/Murray Productions, the same company that created ''Keeping Up With the Kardashians'', with Gil Goldschein, Jeff Jenkins, Farnaz Farjam, Andrea Metz and Melissa Bidwell as well as Jenner herself acting as executive producers.〔 A private screening of the premiere was held by Jenner a week prior to its official airing, while the first episode of ''I Am Cait'' was shown to critics in Manhattan two days later.〔 The docu-series was released amidst a wave of new programming related to transgender issues, including TLC's reality show ''I Am Jazz'' and ABC Family's ''Becoming Us''.〔 In October 2015, the network announced that the reality series will return for a second season. "Caitlyn's story has ignited a global conversation on the transgender community on a scale that has never been seen before," said Jeff Olde, an executive vice president of E!. "We are honored Caitlyn has chosen to continue to share her ongoing story with our viewers around the world", Olde also added. The season is scheduled to premiere sometime in 2016. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I Am Cait」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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