The TV Completist: POSE

THE TV COMPLETIST: POSE

I am an avid pop-culture junkie, having grown up in the television age that ushered in MTV (the real original concept); I love good small-screen programming and I get very excited when I realize that I have completed an entire series. That means that series got to me and I would recommend it to anyone.

That being said, this past month I completed (on time I'll add watching the final show live); Pose FX. I am not sure a series and it's characters captured me so much as this show's characters. I dare you not to fall in love with every single character (and trust me I was dubious about my love for Elektra but she's one of my favorite characters in the end). Every character has depth, is beautiful and is flawed.

To have been alive and aware of the AIDS crisis having some family members who had lived through it; but not having an awareness of the gorgeously vibrant ballroom scene, watching this series was like going back home and talking to a friend you grew up with who you hadn't seen in ages and had gone to the big beautiful city and was excited to tell you about this new family and scene they were apart of. The vibrancy of NYC and its gorgeous landscape of multiculturalism. The gorgeous cast of transgender actors playing these roles...was incredible and I am deeply proud of our culture pushing for this visibility more and more and more.

The character Pray Tell is infused with Billy Porter. A spirit that still walks amongst us to remind us to live without regrets and to work and pose and embody our truth.

It’s an honor to be alive at the same time that this cast was on the earth. Pose was a gift to all of us who care and love and color outside the lines. THANK YOU everyone who made this series possible.

SERIES RATING: ***** OUT OF 5 STARS.

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