Ryan Murphy is at it again, this time turning his lens on the burgeoning cultural sects of ‘80s-era New York City in FX’s forthcoming musical drama Pose.
While the series will focus on “the juxtaposition of several segments of life and society in New York” such as “the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe and the downtown social and literary scene,” the first trailer focuses on the underground ball culture that continues to be seminal to the queer community to this day.
While ball culture was popularized by the 1990 documentary Paris is Burning, it hasn’t been a focus of mainstream media much in the decades following the film. Pose puts the competitive nature of walks and the familial, embracing nature of the house system to the forefront in a history-making display of inclusivity.