Norman Lear-produced comedy starring Laverne Cox, about an estranged father and daughter in Alabama, comes at an awkward political moment.

It’s been over a decade since Time magazine declared the so-called “transgender tipping point” with a photo of Laverne Cox on its May 2014 cover. At the time, Cox was a year into her tenure as Sophia Burset on the Netflix dramedy Orange is the New Black,

The actors spoke about their new Prime Video comedy series that features Cox as a transgender woman returning home to Alabama to live with her father, played by Wallace.