Pose (TV series)

Television series
German title	pose
Original title	pose
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Year (s)	since 2018
Production ; company	Color Force ; Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision ; Ryan Murphy Television ; Fox 21 Television Studios ; FX Productions
length	45 to 78 minutes
Episodes	18+ in 2+ seasons
genre	drama
idea	Ryan Murphy ; Brad Falchuk; Steven Canals
production	Janet Mock , ; Our Lady J, ; Lou Eyrich, ; Erica Kay
music	Mac Quayle
First broadcast	June 3, 2018 on FX
German-language ; first broadcast	January 31, 2019 on Netflix
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Pose is an American television series based on the on June 3, 2018 Pay TV - cable channel FX premiered. The idea for the series comes from Ryan Murphy , Brad Falchuk and Steven Canals. Murphy and Falchuk have worked together in the past and created several successful series, including Glee and American Horror Story .

The series, which takes place in 1987 and 1988 , deals with the so-called ballroom culture and above all the cultural milieu in Lower Manhattan as well as Donald Trump's flourishing empire and its environment, which is characterized by luxury .

According to the series directors, Pose is heavily inspired by the 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning , which is about ballroom culture and its members.

Murphy announced ahead of the premiere that he would donate any proceeds he receives for the series to LGBT organizations.

On July 12, 2018 it was announced that the series would be extended by a second season, which premiered on June 11, 2019. Shortly thereafter, it was announced that the series had also been extended for a third season. The first season of Pose was broadcast on Netflix in Germany from January 31, 2019 . The second season has been available on Netflix in Germany since October 30, 2019.

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season 1

Blanca Rodriguez, a trans woman , is heavily involved in the ballroom culture in Harlem . In this subculture of the LGBT community, the members of different groups, known as children , called houses, compete against each other in competitions, including dancing. These competitions are called the ball . Blanca is a member of the House of Abundance (German House of Abundance). When she was diagnosed with HIV , she left her house, found a cheap apartment and founded the House of Evangelista there, named after the model Linda Evangelista .

Evangelista is getting more and more members. One of these members is the young Damon, a gifted ballet dancer . He was rejected by his parents for his homosexuality and is now homeless. He meets a dancer named Ricky, with whom he starts a relationship.

Another member of Evangelista is Puerto Rican Angel, also a trans woman who works as a prostitute . She starts an affair with Stan Bowes, a married family man who works at Trump Tower . When Stan's wife Patty learns of the liaison, she separates from him prematurely, but his connection with Angel does not last long afterwards, as he realizes that he does not fit into Angel's environment.

The competition organizer, Pray Tell, is dating Costas, who is about to die of AIDS. When Pray Tell tests positive for the disease, he initially hides it, but then confides in Blanca, who is also sick.

Elektra Abundance, the chairwoman of Abundance and rival of Blanca, wants to have sex reassignment surgery. Her wealthy significant other refuses to pay for the operation. Despite his protests, Elektra finally has an operation. When he leaves, she loses her home and secure source of income. One day she meets Blanca who, despite her rivalry, helps her out of her emergency situation.

Candy, an abundance -member will clear themselves after many years of Elektra and eventually founded together with Lulu, another member of their own House of Ferocity (dt . House of wildness).

Cast and dubbing

Actually, Tatiana Maslany was supposed to play the role of dance teacher Helena St. Rogers . She left the series, however, because the character was rewritten as a 50-year-old African American. For this role, Charlayne Woodard was finally engaged.

Jose Gutierez Xtravaganza and Sol Pendavis Williams embody themselves in the series in supporting roles. Both founded the House of Xtravaganza and the House of Pendavis, respectively. The former is also in the Ballroom scene as for its appearance in the music video Vogue by Madonna known. He has also appeared on Madonna's Blond Ambition Tour and in the documentaries In Bed with Madonna and Strike a Pose .

The German synchronization was for dialogue books by Oliver field , Martina Marx and Patrick Baehr under the dialogue director of field and Martina Treger by the synchronous company Arena synchronous GmbH in Berlin.

Leading roles

Some of the main characters from Pose in the Los Angeles Pride Parade (2018)


role	actor	Main role	Supporting role	Voice actor
Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista	MJ Rodriguez	1.01–		Julia Kaufmann
Elektra Wintour	Dominique Jackson	1.01–		Martina Treger
Pray tell	Billy Porter	1.01–		Florian Halm
Angel Evangelista	Indya Moore	1.01–		Rubina Nath
Damon Richards-Evangelista	Ryan Jamaal Swain	1.01–		Patrick Baehr
Helena St. Rogers	Charlayne Woodard	1.01–		Sabina Trooger
Lulu Ferocity	Hailie Sahar	1.01–		Manja Döring
Candy Ferocity	Angelica Ross	1.01-2.04	2.05–	Anja Stadlober
Esteban Martinez "Lil Papi" Evangelista	Angel Bismark Curiel	1.01–		Sebastian Fitzner
Ricky Wintour	Dyllon Burnside	1.01–		Amadeus Strobl
Judy Kubrak	Sandra Bernhard	2.01–	1.06	Traudel Sparrowhawk
Stan Bowes	Evan Peters	1.01–1.08		Jan Rohrbach
Patty Bowes	Kate Mara	1.01–1.08		Maria Koschny
Matt Bromley	James Van Der Beek	1.01–1.08		Gerrit Schmidt-Foss

Supporting roles


role	actor	Supporting role	Voice actor
Cubby Wintour	Jeremy McClain	1.01–	Michael Kargus
Lemar Wintour	Jason A. Rodriguez	1.01–	Alexander Gaida
Aphrodite	Alexia Garcia	1.01–	Katrin Zimmermann
Veronica	Bianca Castro	1.01–	Nurcan Ozdemir
Costas	Johnny Sibilly	1.01–	Dirk Petrick
Ms. Orlando	Cecilia Gentili	1.01–	Judith Steinhäuser
Tess	Trace Lysette	1.01–	Katja Hiller
Florida	Leiomy Maldonado	2.01–
he himself	Jack Mizrahi	2.01–	Tim Sander
Frederica Norman	Patti LuPone	2.01–
Jonas Norman	Edward Carnevale	2.01–
Jazmine	Damaris Lewis	2.01–
silhouette	Brielle "Tati" Rheames	2.01–
Shadow	Dashaun Wesley	2.01–
Wanda	Danielle Cooper	2.01–
Ms. Ford	Trudie Styler	2.01–
Andre Taglioni	Alexander DiPersia	2.01–	Jannik Endemann
Manhattan	André Ward	2.01–	Robert Glatzeder
Castle	J. Cameron Barnet	2.01–
Chris	Blaine Alden Krauss	2.01–
Chi Chi	Patricia Black	2.01–
Amanda Bowes	Samantha Grace Blumm	1.01–1.08	Sasha Leonie Schulz
he himself	Jose Gutierez Xtravaganza	1.01–1.08
he himself	Sol Pendavis Williams	1.01–1.08	Dennis Sandmann
Dr. Gottfried	Kathryn Erbe	1.01–1.08
Buzzer	Tamara M. Williams	1.01–1.08
Dick Ford	Christopher Meloni	1.01–1.08	Frank Röth

Episode list

season 1

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast in the USA	German language first broadcast (D / A / CH)	Director	script
1	1	At all costs	pilot	3rd June 2018	Jan. 31, 2019	Ryan Murphy	Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Steven Canals
The Abundance members break into a museum and take several antique, noble dresses with them, which they can wear at a ball to celebrate a great success. A little later they are arrested. When Blanca found out shortly afterwards that she was HIV- positive, she left Abundance and founded her own house , which she called Evangelista . In a park she meets Damon, who is dancing in front of drug addicts. When she asks him why he only danced with his skills in the street, he replies that his parents had expelled him from the house after he came out . Blanca therefore offers him to become a member of Evangelista , which he accepts after some hesitation. Meanwhile, Angel is picked up at work in the harbor by Stan Bowles, who is married and takes her to a hotel. The two kiss, but they don't have sex, they just talk about their everyday lives. At a ball , Abundance takes on Evangelista , who wins the first house . Damon goes to an audition for The New School and is given a place to study.
2	2	access	Access	June 10, 2018	Jan. 31, 2019	Ryan Murphy	Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Steven Canals
Blanca is banned from entering a popular gay bar because she is transgender. That's why she is holding a sit-in against transphobia in front of the entrance to protest . She repeated this for several days, even though the bar operator had her arrested. Meanwhile, Stan asks his manager Matt Bromley for a raise so that he can finance Angel's own apartment. Damon meets Ricky, also a dancer he is taken with. However, he is unsure whether to enter into a relationship with him because he is not yet ready for same-sex sex. Blanca encourages him and pleads with him to practice safe sex . Damon misses his first date with Ricky because he goes to ballet, the two make up quickly and then go to ballet together.
3	3	Give and take	Giving and Receiving	17th June 2018	Jan. 31, 2019	Nelson Cragg	Janet Mock & Our Lady J.
Pray visits his lover Costas, who is severely affected by AIDS and who will soon die. Elektra gets her two members, Lulu and Candy, to steal money from a Salvation Army donation pot because she lacks the funds for a gender reassignment surgery. Stan visits Angel in her new apartment, she makes him promise to spend an hour with her over Christmas . On that day, Matt visits Stan's wife Patty when she is home alone. He brings presents and tries to seduce her. When she does not respond to his advances, he is upset and implies that her husband has a lover. When Patty confronts Stan when he gets home, he can't keep his promise to Angel. That's why Angel goes back to her house , because Blanca and Angel accidentally burn the turkey , the members celebrate Christmas together with Pray in a Chinese restaurant.
4th	4th	fever	The fever	June 24, 2018	Jan. 31, 2019	Gwyneth Horder-Payton	Janet Mock
Damon is sick and has a very high fever when he confesses to Blanca that he and Ricky do not always use a condom , she fears that Damon could also have contracted HIV. That's why Pray goes to the doctor with Damon, Ricky and Lil 'Papi to get tested. Only Prays result is positive, which he initially keeps to himself, later he confides in Blanca, who is also ill. Candy is insulted because of her figure at a ball , which is why she gets cheap silicone , but these injections are very painful due to the poor quality and have a negative effect on her health. Angel thinks a thoughtless remark by Stan through a plastic surgery for, but decides against it. Elektra is undergoing gender reassignment surgery, although her wealthy partner, Dick Ford, is against it.
5	5	Mother's Day	Mother's Day	1st July 2018	Jan. 31, 2019	Silas Howard	Steven Canals
In a flashback, Blanca is shown at her first ball , at which she does not convince those present, but Elektra accepts her in the House of Abundance . In the present, she learns that her mother has died and goes to her funeral, which the other family members displease. At the wake , her sister Carmen tells her that while her mother didn't really get along with her transgender nature, what Blanca didn't know, she still loved her daughter. Carmen then hands her sister a cookbook with family recipes, and after a long time the two make up. Later, Blanca visits Elektra in the hospital. In the meantime, Stan is promoted. Matt is so upset about this that he tells Patty about Stan's connection with Angel and tells her where to find it. Patty then goes to Evangelista , Lil 'Papi takes her to a ball , where there is a confrontation between the two women.
6th	6th	Love is the message	Love is the message	July 8, 2018	Jan. 31, 2019	Janet Mock	Ryan Murphy & Janet Mock
Patty and Angel are having a long conversation in a diner, when Patty realizes that Angel is a trans woman, she reacts in shock and goes to a couple therapy with Stan . After the session, she tells Stan that she needs some time to herself and throws him out of their common house. Thereupon he looks for Matt in his office and fights with him, Stan is seriously injured. At the local hospital, Pray organized a review for the AIDS patients , shortly afterwards Costas died of the consequences of his illness. Pray is extremely angry at first, then full of sadness, which is why he is comforted by Blanca and the rest of the Evangelista members.
7th	7th	In the street	Pink slip	15th July 2018	Jan. 31, 2019	Tina Mabry	Steven Canals & Our Lady J
Stan and Angel are now a couple, when he accompanies them to a ball , he is completely overwhelmed by the atmosphere and separates from her because he realizes that their surroundings do not suit him. Elektra is also left by Dick because of her operation, and other men don't want to know about her either, which is why her apartment is being evicted, she has to sleep on park benches and making her living in cheap strip clubs. Lulu and Candy no longer want to be in Electra's shadow and therefore set up their own House of Ferocity . When Blanca finds out that Lil 'Papi is selling drugs , she revokes his membership, which is why he joins Ferocity . Both houses are preparing for the important Princess Ball , Lil 'Papi meets Blanca beforehand and is very confident of victory over her.
8th	8th	Mother of the year	Mother of the Year	July 22, 2018	Jan. 31, 2019	Gwyneth Horder-Payton	Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Steven Canals
Despite her rivalry, Blanca helps Elektra out of her financial plight, gives her a job in a luxury restaurant and offers her to become a member of Evangelista , which is why they reconcile. Damon and Ricky win two coveted places in the dance entourage of singer Al B. Sure at an audition ! , however Damon decides not to go on his tour in order to focus on his studies, Ricky cannot change his mind. Blanca asks Angel to take her place as mother after her death , which she accepts after a brief bewilderment. Shortly before the Princess Ball , Stan goes to Angel and pleads with her to forgive him for what she refuses. Elektra succeeds in recruiting Cubby and Lemar, two Ferocity members, and Lil 'Papi also returns to his old house . Evangelista wins against Ferocity at the ball and Blanca is named Mother of the Year .

season 2

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast in the USA	German language first broadcast (D / A / CH)	Director	script
9	1	Act up!	Acting up	June 11, 2019	Oct 30, 2019	Gwyneth Horder-Payton	Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Steven Canals
In 1990 the dance Vogue, which was very widespread in Ballroom Culture, became known to the masses outside of the subculture due to the song of the same name by Madonna . While some members of the ballroom culture see this as positive, others are skeptical of this development. Blanca does not feel ill, but when she visits a doctor, she finds out that her number of T lymphocytes has dropped to 200, which means that she is no longer HIV-positive but is now suffering from AIDS. The nurse Judy Kubrak gets her the new drug zidovudine and persuades Pray to go to an act up meeting with her . Judy, Pray, Blanca and most of the members of Evangelista took part in a protest by the organization in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral against Bishop John Joseph O'Connor for rejecting safe sex, abortion and homosexuality. You will eventually be arrested for civil disobedience . Pray grievously reproaches Elektra for never taking part in protests and accuses her of being part of the ball community only because of the trophies . A short time later, Angel took part in a modeling competition organized by Ford Models . She comes under the last ten, but the photographer takes her very revealing pictures for private use to satisfy his own fetish . Then Blanca and Lil 'Papi find the man, beat him up and take the photos.
10	2	Precious	Worth It	18th June 2019	Oct 30, 2019	Gwyneth Horder-Payton	Janet Mock
Elektra embarks on a new career path as a dominatrix . She is building up her new job so strongly that she is leaving the House of Ferocity , which she has since joined, and re- founding her own House of Wintour , which is named after Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour . Cubby and Lemar, who were previously members of Abundance , join Wintour immediately and leave Evangelista . Meanwhile, Blanca rents a room from the somewhat seedy real estate agent Frederica Norman because she wants to open a nail salon . Frederica wants to quit her when she learns that Blanca is a trans woman, but she can dissuade her with a squatting . Meanwhile, rumors arise that Damon has been betrayed by Ricky, which is why the two split up, Ricky leaves Evangelista and joins Wintour .
11	3	Pupation	Butterfly / cocoon	2nd July 2019	Oct 30, 2019	Janet Mock	Our Lady J
Elektra receives Paul, a customer, whom she leads into her dungeon . She leaves him alone for a moment, when she comes back she is shocked because he has died in the meantime. She panics and first asks Blanca for help, but thinks about it and turns to Candy instead. She asks her to go to the police with her. Candy makes it clear to her that even if she is not to blame for Paul's death, she would probably still be jailed by the police due to her transgender nature, work as a dominatrix and African American origin. That's why they want to hide the body. They turn to the criminal trans woman Miss Euphoria, who recommends a corpse disposal expert. This is Miss Orlando, who injected Candy with low-quality silicone in the first season. Miss Orlando is not happy to see them again, but she helps them nonetheless. She mummifies the corpse, Elektra and Candy put it in a chest and stow it in a cupboard in Electra's house. Meanwhile, Angel and Lil 'daddy develop a relationship with each other. Angel has to cancel her first date because she is spontaneously called to a photo shoot. At the end of the episode, she becomes the new face of the Wet'n'Wild cosmetics brand .
12	4th	Never Knew Love Like This Before	Never Knew Love Like This Before	July 9, 2019	Oct 30, 2019	Ryan Murphy	Ryan Murphy & Janet Mock
At a ball , Pray offends Candy causing her to get a low score, this is not uncommon. When she asks him to introduce a playback category in the future , he refuses, which is why she threatens him with a knife and then leaves in anger. A short time later, Blanca receives a call: Candy was murdered while working as a prostitute in a motel . In the funeral home, Blanca, Elektra and Angel are appalled by the body's make-up and clothing choices, which is why they prepare it themselves. The director of the institute tells them that Candy has attended practically every funeral for AIDS patients, so he doesn't charge anything for their embalming. At the funeral, Pray gives the eulogy and says that while Candy was a bitch, she was still his sister. He also says he would have liked to present her with a trophy and calls on the mourners to take action against transphobia. Then Candy appears before him as a vision, he confesses to her that he treated her badly during her lifetime because he was jealous of her self-confident personality. She then tells him that she will forgive him. Candy also appears to other guests: She encourages Angel to pursue her modeling career, indulges with Lulu in memories of their time together, and makes up with her parents, who have never really accepted their transgender identity. Pray Tell announces that there will be a new category Candy's Sweet Refrain , in a fantasy sequence Candy sings Playback to Never Knew Love Like This Before by Stephanie Mills and receives a very high score and a trophy. At the end of the episode, Pray takes his first zidovudine tablet, which he didn't want to do before and instead relied on a home remedy with a large amount of butter .
13	5	What Would Candy Do?	What Would Candy Do?	16th July 2019	Oct 30, 2019	Tina Mabry	Steven Canals
Ricky and Damon are both going to the same audition to serve as background dancers on Madonna's Blond Ambition Tour . Since Elektra thinks that Ricky's participation in the tour could make her friends with the singer, she is determined to secure a place for Ricky. When she learns Damon's intentions, she tries to stop him from coming to the audition. She asks the dead Candy for advice, this appears to her as a vision and tells her to break Damon's foot with the hammer that belonged to her during her lifetime. Elektra hires several Wintour members to carry out the plan, but it fails miserably. In addition, she is abused by Blanca when she learns of her plan, so Elektra decides to give up her plan. After all, neither Damon nor Ricky get a tour seat.
14th	6th	Love's In Need Of Love Today	Love's In Need Of Love Today	23rd July 2019	Oct 30, 2019	Tina Mabry	Brad Falchuk & Our Lady J.
Prays body rejects zidovudine, which is why he is hospitalized. That's why Blanca has to organize his annual benefit variety show for AIDS patients. On this she reveals to the audience that she suffers from the disease herself and sings with the convalescent Pray in the duet Love's In Need Of Love Today by Stevie Wonder . After her performance, Blanca is surprised because Frederica also sings for a good cause and even treats her kindly and invites her to dinner. Little does she know that this is just a diversionary maneuver. When Blanca comes back, the nail salon is empty and locked. That's why the ball community comes together to protest against it.
15th	7th	Setbacks	Blow	July 30, 2019	Oct 30, 2019	Jennie Livingston	Janet Mock
Pray and Blanca realize that they are now considered old in the ball community. So they encourage the younger members to organize an Act Up action. Lulu, Ricky and Damon are supposed to cover Frederica's house with an oversized condom to protest that she is financially exploiting members of the LGBT community. Lulu is so motivated by the action that she decides to resume her studies and become an accountant . Meanwhile, Angel and Lil 'papi are invited to a party in the suburbs where they get drunk and use cocaine . That's why Angel arrives late and hungover for an important photo shoot. There she makes an uncomfortable encounter with a photographer who is the same one who took revealing photos of her in the first episode of the season.
16	8th	Revelations	Revelations	6 Aug 2019	Oct 30, 2019	Steven Canals	Steven Canals
Ricky admits to Pray that he was also diagnosed with HIV and that he is unhappy in his relationship with the dominant Chris. That's why the two spend a lot of time together, one night Ricky stays at Pray's and first sleeps on the couch, then he lies down in bed with him, whereupon the two have sex. When Damon learns of Ricky's illness and relationship with Pray, he is furious. A short time later, he received his graduation diploma, all Evangelista members and Pray attend the ceremony. As they have dinner together at the house , Angel makes a remark to Damon that annoys him, which is why he reveals her cocaine use, which Blanca refuses to believe without evidence. Damon can't suppress his anger, which is why he reveals Ricky's HIV infection and the fact that the two of them failed to use contraception at Ricky's insistence. Pray tries to arbitrate what leads Damon to publicize his relationship with Ricky. At the next ball , both Lil 'Papi and Damon receive trophies, while Blanca is unusually preoccupied. She then argues violently with Pray, who accuses her of preferring certain members in her house , which leaves Blanca stunned. After their argument, Pray goes home and gets drunk. Ricky takes care of him and makes him breakfast the following morning. At the house , Angel confesses her drug use, leaves it voluntarily and moves with Lil 'daddy into an apartment that he had already seen with him. Damon receives an offer to tour Europe with Malcolm McLaren , so he's leaving too. Blanca is now alone in her house and seeks consolation from Elektra. She assures her that she is a good mother because her children develop and become independent and therefore leave the house . This is little consolation for Blanca, who is sitting alone at her dining table at the end of the episode.
17th	9	Life is a beach	Life's a Beach	13 Aug 2019	Oct 30, 2019	Gwyneth Horder-Payton	Janet Mock & Our Lady J.
Since one of Electra's BDSM clients owns a beach house on Long Island , she invites Blanca, Angel and Lulu to spend the weekend with her there. Blanca comes in handy because her nail salon has burned down. Although she suspects Frederica, since she recently had the insurance extended to the building, Blanca cannot prove anything to her. On the beach, Elektra goes with her customer to his garage, where, to his delight, she locks him in a cage and tied him up with latex straps to have fun on the beach undisturbed. Blanca suggests going for a swim in the sea, Angel is initially against it, as none of them can swim, but complies on the condition that they stay together. Blanca threatens to drown in the sea when she is rescued in time by a lifeguard . That same evening she meets the man in a restaurant and speaks to him. He introduces himself as Adrian and offers her to go for a walk on the beach. Elektra, Angel and Lulu explicitly warn Blanca that the chances are high that he will kill them if he notices that they are transgender. Blanca ignores this and sets off with Adrian. During the walk, Adrian tells Blanca about his medical studies and tells her that he knows about her gender identity and does not care. The two kiss and want to meet again in the future. When Blanca reports this to the other women, they are thrilled because Blanca has not had a relationship for a long time. The next day, Elektra has a conversation with her customer and tells him that it is a luxury to be able to choose solitude like him. It turns out she feels guilty for not having had a farewell vision of Candy unlike the other characters. When she drives back to town with Blanca, Angel and Lulu, Candy finally appears again, who Elektra forgives for her meanness during her lifetime and sings the song Hold On by En Vogue with the other women .
18th	10	In my high heels	In my heels	20 Aug 2019	Oct 30, 2019	Janet Mock	Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Steven Canals
In May 1991 , Blanca continued her nail salon in her apartment. One day she gets a visit from Pray, whom she has not seen in almost a year. She admits that she feels lonely because she is the last Evangelista member, whereupon Pray takes her to a ball , which she refuses. Blanca also suffers from a severe cough , and some time later she is admitted to hospital. When Pray comes to her, she asks him to distribute her possessions among her children because she doesn't want to fight any more. Pray is not satisfied with that and brings Elektra, Angel and Lulu to Blanca's bedside. The three say that they haven't participated in the ball in months . Elektra complains that trans women built the ball scene and the male organizers have sole control over it. For this reason, Pray suggests that he and his colleagues compete at the next ball . When Elektra is teaching the men how to walk in high heels , Pray leaves the room. He admits to Ricky that he was bullied for his femininity as a child. Ricky encourages him to be himself. Meanwhile, Blanca learns that Frederica has been arrested for arson , which is why she suddenly feels better and will soon be released. She is brought home by Damon, who is very successful as a dancer in Paris and has opened his own house . He asks her to become a mother again. Meanwhile, Angel is desperate because her transsexuality has been revealed and she doesn't get any more assignments because of it. When she told Lil 'Papi this, he had an idea: he went to Angel's boss, Miss Ford, and offered himself as a talent manager for transgender models, which Miss Ford finally accepted. Shortly afterwards Angel receives an assignment in Berlin , she and Lil 'Papi get engaged on the way to Germany . A few days later, the ball takes place at which Elektra is crowned Mother of the Year . On this, Blanca appears, who sings playback to the Whitney Houston version of the national anthem to the applause of those present . Then the jury is formed, including Blanca, Angel and Lulu. Pray is the last to appear as Diana Ross and receives a ten from all jury members with one exception. At the end of the episode, Blanca approaches the young homeless people Quincy and Chilly, who she takes to dinner and offers them to become members of Evangelista .

reception

The series achieved a rating of 8.5 stars based on 3725 votes in the Internet Movie Database. On Rotten Tomatoes , the first season got a rating of 96 percent based on 76 critic votes, and 85 percent with 515 votes from users. The second season also received a critic rating of 97 percent based on 33 reviews and a viewer rating of 90 percent based on 102 votes. At Metacritic, the series was also rated positively with 76 percent (as of October 30, 2019).

The series received particular praise from the LGBT community as it features the highest number of transgender characters of any television series in the world. Most of the main characters are portrayed by transgender actors, which is not common on (American) television. In addition, the diversity of the series was highlighted positively, as many of the characters have African American or Latin American roots.

Richard Lawson praised the series in Vanity Fair as “a dedicated portrait of both dark and happy days. Pain and perseverance are combined here to create something that is fantastic and yet humble. ”Therefore, Pose is “ long overdue ”.

Matt Zoller Seitz, an editor at New York , also rated the production positively, as it “shows American viewers a world that has never been visualized in such detail on television and with such a large budget. The camera pans up and down like in a Scorsese epic, in both the indoor and outdoor scenes. It is evident that FX spared no expense to correctly display the clothes, cars, streets, billboards and even the characteristic yellow-brown street lights. "

Willa Paskin from Slate rated Pose rather negatively. Although it comes from Ryan Murphy, one of the "smartest" authors at the moment, the series seems like a "teaching example". At the same time, many of the characters are "strong women and transgender role models" and yet have "unmistakably negative" traits.

“ Pose cannot be called radical just because of its unparalleled cast of transgender actors. It's also a breathtaking mix of queer 80s soap opera and sensitive AIDS drama with the dizzying spirit of a Baz Luhrmann musical. A mix that Hollywood has never dared to try. "

- Marietta Steinhart : The time

“ Pose paints an impressive picture of the social extremes in a crazy city, a crazy country. This makes the series brand new and also comments on the current situation in the divided United States of America. But much more so that she interprets ectasis and depression as a systematic permanent condition than as a short-term phenomenon. (...) In doing so, Pose also takes up the social issues of the 80s and the LGTB subculture in the USA: contraception, AIDS, gender, sex surgery, drugs, fashion shows and discrimination. (...) For the average heterosexual, white European, all of this is very far away. Netflix is therefore very reluctant to advertise the series in this country. In doing so, she shows the unknown and helps to understand the United States and its people. (...) Pose is a deeply emphatic series - party and contemplation at the same time - that shows what it means to be American, homosexual, black, terminally ill or all together. A series that arouses understanding and compassion - and certainly belongs to the best that we will see on the series market in 2019. "

- Julian Ignatowitsch : Deutschlandfunk