Review of Transparent

The writing and acting in Transparent is stunning - with one glaring exception. Too many of the younger women in scenes set before the early 1980's talk with Valley Girl intonations, the rising tones at the end of sentences and the set jaw mannerisms of contemporary teens and young women. I've noticed the same phenomenon in other series. Perhaps it's time for younger actresses to learn standard speech patterns for when they play other than contemporary characters. Valspeak breaks the spell of this excellent series. It is much like trying to read a book in which the sentence structure is off. I wonder how directors can deal with this. If Brit actors and actresses can play convincing American characters and vice versa, why isn't this being addressed? I love "entering" a scene when I watch good movies. It angers me that this contemporary sloppiness keeps me from doing that.