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Related: About this forumFX's 'Pose' turns '80s gay and trans culture into a heartfelt celebration of found families
TV super-producer Ryan Murphy finds a new definition of family values in this warm drama.Source: Vox, by Todd VanDerWerff
Pose is a family drama that imagines the underprivileged and underloved of a whole city as its family.
Its tenderness makes up for any flaws, to the degree that I know I should tell you about the flaws, but I almost want to lie and say they arent there, because it carries itself with the confidence of a show that knows its good, and if you cant recognize that, well, thats your problem.
The new FX series, the last produced for FX by super-producer Ryan Murphy as part of his deal with 20th Century Fox (hell soon move to Netflix), never tightens when it can sprawl. That expansion sits close to the heart of everything good and bad about the series. Why tell one story when you can tell seven, especially when theyre all about the sorts of characters we almost never see depicted in fiction? Conversely, why tell a story in 45 minutes when you could in 75?
So no, Pose isnt perfect. It occasionally becomes too enamored of its freedom to explore all of this territory television has so rarely opened itself up to. But its true, in that way that helps you ignore its less successful pieces in favor of celebrating its best qualities.
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Read it all at: https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/6/1/17415634/pose-review-fx-ryan-murphy-paris-is-burning
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FX's 'Pose' turns '80s gay and trans culture into a heartfelt celebration of found families (Original Post)
yallerdawg
Jun 2018
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FX had several great series this year can't wait to see this series. Thanks for posting the article
FloridaBlues
Jun 2018
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FloridaBlues
(4,007 posts)1. FX had several great series this year can't wait to see this series. Thanks for posting the article
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)2. 'Trust,' 'Legion,' 'Atlanta,'...
'Feud: Bette and Joan,' 'American Horror Story,' 'The Assassination of Gianni Versace,' 'Snowfall' -- their history of great shows, FX is providing excellent programming.
FloridaBlues
(4,007 posts)3. Can't wait to see this interesting series
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)4. My God!
What a story, what good people, what good actors, what hope, what joy, what tragedy, what love.
What a world they created!
This is another New York City story, one we didn't hear all that much about.
This is gonna be good!