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'Pose' Is The Glee-Meets-Drag-Race Series Is TV You Need To Watch

Amelia Jones

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'Pose' Is The Glee-Meets-Drag-Race Series Is TV You Need To Watch

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Enjoying a TV series doesn't mean it can't have a social message we all need to hear. Case in point: Pose. The Golden Globe-winning drama finally arrived on the BBC for UK audiences last month and there are some very big reasons why it's more than just a good watch.

This drama, which premiered in the UK on BBC2 last month, is a ground-breaking US series about the underground world of 1980s ball culture and drag culture, set at the height of the AIDS epidemic.

The eight-part drama, from Glee creator Ryan Murphy and American Horror Story's Brad Falchuk, hit screens in the US back in June 2018 to critical acclaim.

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Set in 1978 in New York, it explores underground ball culture and New York society.

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Credit: BBC/FX

Pose follows the story of Blanca Rodriguez, a nail technician who's a regular at the House of Abundance - a safe space for "outsiders" who steal gowns from the Brooklyn Museum and go to their balls in drag.

After receiving a HIV diagnosis, Blanca is determined to open her own house and takes 17-year-old Damon under her wing.

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Pose boasts the largest cast of transgender actors ever working on a single project and nearly everybody involved in production is LGBTQ+ too.

At last year's US, Ryan Murphy announced that all his profits from the series would be donated to charitable organisations that work with LGBTQ+ people.

Credit: BBC/FX
Credit: BBC/FX

The transgender cast includes Mj Rodriguez, Dominique Jackson, Indya Moore, Hailie Sahar and Angelica Ross, who co-star alongside Evan Peters, Kate Mara, James Van Der Beek, Tony award-winner Billy Porter, Charlayne Woodard, and newcomers Ryan Jamaal Swain, Dyllón Burnside and Angel Bismark Curiel.

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The Guardian gave it a five-star review, the Financial Times called it "thoroughly fabulous" and GQ claim it's "Ryan Murphy's best show by miles."

Credit: BBC/FX
Credit: BBC/FX

A second series is coming sometime this year so new fans will have just enough time to catch up before having a new set of episodes to binge.

Pose airs at 9pm every Thursday on BBC Two and is available on iPlayer.

Topics: BBC, TV News, TV Entertainment

Amelia Jones
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