Renegade Reviews: FX's Pose

Welcome Renegade Nation it’s me Naughty Nicole and it’s time for another renegade review, and for today’s entry, we’re looking at a new one-hour drama based on a historic real-life counter-culture phenomenon! From Ryan Murphy, you know the guy who created Glee and American Horror Story: well it was announced he was helming a show following the 1980s ball scene of New York City, red flags immediately went up. Murphy is rather known for well morphing subject matter into a hyperreality that’s sensational, over-the-top and oftentimes campy — but you know what? It’s his brand, and he is unapologetic about it and honestly, he does it better than anyone else out there.

I admit that I’ve ridden the Murphy train more than once… oh, that sounds rather naughty.. The hell with it, I’m leaving it as is. I love me some campy shit, but lately I’ve tuned in for his latest and greatest only to find myself jumping ship halfway thru the season… if not earlier. But based on the first few episodes of Pose, this FX drama may be the redeeming Murphy journey that may win me over.

Pose, premiered Sunday June 3rd, at 9 PM, and this was not just the start of another one of Murphy’s projects, but this is a full on, in-depth history lesson in LGBTQ culture. Set in ’80s New York City during the era of shoulder-padded badassedness, the drama dives into the ball culture, a counterculture movement steeped in queerness and defiance.