Abby McEnany plays herself — more or less — in Work in Progress. | Showtime. “This show is queer as fuck. Queer and trans as fuck.” What’s not to love? If I told you that Showtime’s new series marked the first foray into half-hour television for , one of the visionary directors behind , and Speed Racer , and Bound , and — honestly, I could list everything she’s ever made — you might picture something drastically different from what you will see when you tune in. But you should definitely tune in! It’s very, very good. Instead of a cosmic tale that transcends time and space, is the story of a middle-aged queer woman, one who’s gender non-conforming, overweight, and struggling with suicidal ideation while living in Chicago in the late 2010s. I.