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Pose (stylized as POSE) is an American drama television series about New York City's ball culture, an LGBTQ subculture in the African-American and Latino communities, throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
Pose: Created by Steven Canals, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy. With Michaela Jaé (MJ) Rodriguez, Dominique Jackson, Indya Moore, Angel Bismark. In the New York of the late '80s and early '90s, this is a story of ball culture and the gay and trans community, the raging AIDS crisis, and capitalism.
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Season One of Pose premiered on June 3, 2018, on FX and concluded on July 22, 2018.
The season is broadcast on BBC Two for viewers in the United Kingdom on March 21, 2019.
Upon learning of a diagnosis, Blanca Rodriguez moves forward in establishing a house of her own and making a mark, much to her house mother Elektra Abundance's displeasure. Kicked from his home for his sexuality, Damon Richards moves to New York City to begin his dream career of dancing, meeting a new guy on the journey. Leaving House Abundance int...
A young woman and newest entry to the stage of the New York City ballroom in 1982, Blanca Rodriguez tries her luck in walking a femme queen category. Looked upon by her idol Elektra Abundance, she walked and demanded her score from the judges. She encounters Elektra later, who comes to her defense against a small gathering of women, taking Blanca out for a meal and adopts her under her wing into the House of Abundance.
In 1987, Elektra and her children hide inside the Museum of Fashion and Design, taking a liking to an exhibit with royal clothing. After closing, they gather the displayed clothing and accessories for their performance at the ball, escaping through a window at the entrance and avoiding the police trailing behind them. Geared and ready for the category, the House of Abundance enter the hall adourn with the fabrics and winning grand prize before the arrival of police officers to cuff and take them to jail for the theft.
Elsewhere in Allentown the following day, the young man Damon Richards, an aspiring dancer, is confronted by his father for secretly enrolling in dance school and for the discovery of gay magazines in his room. Assaulted and dragged from the house, he is scolded by his mother for his sexuality before being disowned. Left on his own, he relocates out of town, moving to New York.
Visiting a clinic, Blanca is informed that she is HIV-positive; determined to leave a mark of her own, she takes on a lease on a rundown apartment before being confronted by Elektra on her push to establish a new house, being kicked from House Abundance.
To the Washington Square Park, Blanca encounters the dancer Damon performing his craft for pocket change. She invites him to join her new house and shows him a part of her life in ballroom before treating him to a meal. The two conversed about their dreams and Blanca's past that led to her being disowned for her identity. Before parting, she gives Damon her number if he chooses to change his mind in living with her.
Angel, while seeking a new cilent, meets Stan Bowes, who sought her as a form of celebration for his new job at Trump Tower; the two settle in a motel room but leave themselves clothed on the bed as they spoke to one another before Angel is taken back to the Piers, sharing one kiss in his car.
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•Evan Peters as Stan Bowes
•Kate Mara as Patty Bowes
•James Van Der Beek as Matt Bromley
•Mj Rodriguez as Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista
•Dominique Jackson as Elektra Abundance
TeasersTrailersPreviewsBehind the Scenes1.TVWise - BBC Two Sets UK Premiere Date For 'Pose' (March 1, 2019)
2.Out - 'Pose' Will Begin Streaming on Netflix in May (April 23, 2019)
S1.E1 ∙ Pilot. A dancer rejected by his homophobic parents and a family man with a high-paying job find themselves being pulled into the world of ball culture in New York in the late 1980s.
Pose is an American drama television series about New York City's African-American and Latino LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming ballroom culture scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
"Pilot" is the first episode of the American drama television series Pose, which aired on FX on June 3, 2018. The 77-minute episode was written by series creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Steven Canals, and directed by Murphy.
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Pose is a drama spotlighting the legends, icons and ferocious house mothers of New York’s underground ball culture, a movement that first gained notice in the late 1980s.
