J.T. LeRoy
Based on the incredible true lie.
A morally complex drama about identity, deception, and complicity that examines the blurred line between performance and authenticity.
A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be a transgender writer named JT Leroy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.
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