Michel Tremblay’s Hosanna: a Quebec classic or transphobic?

How do you solve a problem like Hosanna? Still hailed as a groundbreaking Québécois classic, Michel Tremblay’s 1973 drama has nonetheless been under fire in recent years for, some claim, perpetuating transphobic tropes about sad, confused outcasts who should escape self-delusion by saying no to the dress.
The controversy didn’t stop the independent company Tableau D’Hôte from sweeping the Montreal English Theatre Awards for its 2015 production at MainLine. T