Showrunner Eliza Clark explained that the writing team tried to analyze the logical ripple effects of what would happen if all people with Y chromosomes died instantaneously. And so, I just think it flips the traditional idea of gender completely on its head, and so I was very comfortable joining a project that knew that ahead of time and committed to it fully." Societal effects I think one of the hilarious things about this show is that post the event, Yorick can walk around without a mask on because he's assumed to be trans, rather than pre-the-event, people are assumed to be cisgender. We are making a show that affirms that trans women are women, trans men are men, non-binary people are non-binary, and that is part of the richness of the world we get to play with." Ĭast member Fletcher said that "In this world post the event, gender is somewhat irrelevant. Tragically, that includes many women it includes non-binary people it includes intersex people. And so, in our world - in the world of the television show - every living mammal with a Y chromosome dies. Gender is diverse and chromosomes are not equal to gender. Speaking at the August 2021 TCA panel, showrunner Eliza Clark said: "Yorick's maleness is not what sets him apart in this world - it's his Y chromosome that sets him apart. The showrunners also added a trans male character to the regular cast (Sam Jordan, played by Elliot Fletcher), who does not have a direct counterpart in the original comic, to expand on this world-building. The showrunners specified that trans women with Y chromosomes also died, as well as women with androgen insensitivity who were unaware they possessed Y chromosomes.
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The producers aimed to update and expand on the ramifications of this, to reflect changing societal attitudes toward gender in the almost two decades since the comic began. (Birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates are unaffected because they mostly use different sex chromosomes.) While transgender people did not feature heavily in the original comic, it was mentioned that trans men survived due to not having Y chromosomes. In the original comic book series, every animal with a Y chromosome instantaneously dies at the same time, including most mammals.
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The series follows Yorick as he traverses the new world, as its survivors struggle with their losses and attempt to restore world society-led by Yorick's mother, who is the new U.S. Y: The Last Man takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where a mysterious cataclysmic event simultaneously killed every mammal with a Y chromosome but for one man – Yorick Brown ( Ben Schnetzer) – and his male pet monkey Ampersand.
It received generally positive reviews from critics, but was cancelled in October 2021, after one season. It premiered on September 13, 2021, on FX on Hulu, and stars Diane Lane, Ashley Romans, Ben Schnetzer, Olivia Thirlby, and Amber Tamblyn. Filming began in 2020, with several casting changes, including the lead role of Yorick. A first season was greenlit in 2019 with Clark replacing original showrunners Michael Green and Aida Mashaka Croal.
The series began development at FX in October 2015, with a pilot ordered and filmed in 2018. In the series, a mysterious cataclysmic event simultaneously kills every mammal with a Y chromosome-except for Yorick Brown and his monkey–and follows him as he traverses the new world. Y: The Last Man is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series developed by Eliza Clark based on the comic book series of the same name by Brian K.
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