The second installment of FX awards season breakout Pose jumps from the '80s to 1990, the year New York's LGBTQ ballroom scene was illuminated by the dazzling glare of Madonna's 'Vogue.'
The cast and creators of the groundbreaking FX drama talk about the pop icon's impact on New York's LGBTQ ballroom scene in 1990. jumps from the '80s to 1990, the year New York's LGBTQ ballroom scene was illuminated by the dazzling glare of's "Vogue.
Indeed, Tuesday's season two premiere sees Mj Rodriguez's Blanca thinking of ways to make the most of the moment. "Madonna is shining a bright spotlight on us," she says at one point, and later declares, "We are on the cusp of a revolution." Galvanized, Blanca — the founder and mother of the House of Evangelista — encourages her kids Angel and Damon to seriously pursue their respective passions for modeling and dance.
"With 'Vogue,' Madonna showed us appreciation but I don’t think she understood how we could take the next step for the community," says Angelica Ross, who plays ballroom spitfire Candy Ferocity. "She included people from the community like the Xtravaganzas, and she did change lives. But I feel like there were maybe missed opportunities and that Madonna could have done more.
For many people in the community, they felt like, "Wow, this huge pop star is aware of our community and is embracing us. What then are the possibilities -- not only for our future, but for everyone else involved? Who else is paying attention to what we're doing and what else does that mean in terms of our aspirations and our goals?"
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