POSE: THE UNENVIABLE FAGULOUS LIFE OF THE BEULAH BLACK QUEEN
Beulah Buffoons!
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I need you to watch POSE.
It will give you the edge; much needed incite into
The Unenviable Fagulous Life of The Beulah Black Queen.
Ryan Murphy's POSE is Gaymazing. 30 years later the trailblazing documentary made iconic by Madonna's acclaimed cultural appropriation in her smash hit "Vogue", the doccie made legendary by the choreography of Willy Ninja and iconoclastic through Rupaul's Drag Race; Paris Is Burning finally gets its Hollywood adaptation.
This is gay superstar television producer Ryan Murphy Piece d'Resistance. The show that got him through making millions for deplorable billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corp with Nip/Tuck.
Like Bottom to Top Murphy exceeded our every hedonistic campy dreams with all the seasons of American Horror Story.
Who ever thought he would Top himself? Yet he did, riding the wave of gender fluid consciousness with the critical acclaim and cult following worthy POSE.
The genius of the series is it's depth of narratives and the "realness"of character arcs seamlessly hot-glued with rhinestone glitz of eponymous 1980's "Ball Culture".
The soundtrack deftly reminds us that it was the pioneering prophecy of Gay DJ's Frankie Knuckles (The Godfather of House) Marshall Jefferson and Larry Levan that turned disco into house.
And it's clear to see how with four four to the floor the kids can do more. And they do the most; strutting & twirling literally giving life, subverting the dark clouds gathering whispering AIDS.
Ultimately the Coup d'Grace is what lays it all out, the special bittersweet relationships with our most unsuitable suitors.
The Provocative Vespertine must have the Most Elusive Shining Dark Knight, a Bruce Vayne, or a Jerk-Off & Hyde, a Nobleman Count with a Fetish to make him Bleed or even a Shapeshifting Alpha Fiend for a Freak, has been known to prey upon us Dames of the Avant-garde, The Nocturnal Socialites.
"And what flourishes at night must be never be seen in glaring gaze of the bright light of day."
POSE builds a monument to our true love quest. A character Arc d'Triomphe of unrequited love. This The Eternal Flame of The Unknown Soldiers is so pertinently captured in *Whitney Houston's R&B torch-song classic "Saving All My Love for You".
I guess it's a fitting cross to bear for shining brighter than all God's creatures. The curse of the courtesan to be loved in secret or just for amusement.
Maybe then Beulah Buffoons, you'll find the compassion; kind consideration for all we put up for a turn up.
"Ladies with an attitude, fellas that are in the mood...strike a POSE!"
*SIDEBAR:
The 1985 record-breaking eponymous debut of the chanteuse had her aesthetic exuding the very exemplary attributes of realness yearned by every Drag Queen/ Tranny walking the category:
"Opulence... I own everything!"
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