[laverne] it would take a revolution for someone like me to have a career as an actor, and the revolution is netflix. you re right. [man] there s a new player in the original content game. uh, is this a bad time? [man] this flood of actors, writers, ideas just gushing into tv. i don t have time to explain lesbian shit to you. the people who are gonna change the narrative out there is us. [woman] there s an avalanche of new streaming services. word of the year? binge-watch. when you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. this is gonna be so fun! [theme music] [david] television used to be, here s what we re showing you, and here s your only chance to see it. [james] when there were fewer tv options, there wasn t as much room for experimentation and the creativity that we ve seen an explosion of. [lorraine] coming into 2010, hbo is like the king of the prestige drama. to those beautiful, ignorant bastards. [cheering] when scorsese does boardwalk empire, it just speaks
face a growing competitor online programming. [laverne] it would take a revolution for someone like me to have a career as an actor, and the revolution is netflix. you re right. [man] there s a new player in the original content game. uh, is this a bad time? [man] this flood of actors, writers, ideas just gushing into tv. i don t have time to explain lesbian shit to you. the people who are gonna change the narrative out there is us. [woman] there s an avalanche of new streaming services. word of the year? binge-watch. when you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. this is gonna be so fun! [theme music] [david] television used to be, here s what we re showing you, and here s your only chance to see it. [james] when there were fewer tv options, there wasn t as much room for experimentation and the creativity that we ve seen an explosion of. [lorraine] coming into 2010, hbo is like the king of the prestige drama. to those beautiful, ignorant bastards. [cheering] when
you want to invite me in? you ever find yourself complaining that there are too many really good shows on tv? i feel that needs to be celebrated. a new era in television. you are so lucky! broadcast and cable networks face a growing competitor, online programming. it would take a revolution for someone like me to have a career as an actor and a revolution that s you re right. there s a new player in the original content game. is it that time? this flood of actors and writers and ideas just gushing into tv. i don t have time to explain it to you. the people who are going to change the narrative out there is us. there s an avalanche of new streaming services. word of the year, binge watch. when you play the game of thrones you win or you die. this is going to be so fun. television used to be here s what we re showing you and here s your only chance to see it. when there were fewer tv options there wasn t as much room for experimentati
[neon lights buzzing] [pray tell] live. [jacqueline] pose is created by steven canals and ryan murphy. they had a specific mandate to cast authentically queer and transgender people of color. [emily] pose is about drag ball culture during the height of the aids crisis in america. it is about queer family structures, about the ways queer people come together and form families that are not of biological origin, but rather of choice. [pray tell] keep livin ! put on your tallest pump and go on and get back out into the world. you ain t dead yet. there is nothing more tragic than a sad queen. i m not sad. [jacqueline] billy porter as pray tell is the central father figure throughout this entire series, playing both announcer and mentor to pretty much everyone. [pray tell] the recipient has taught us that a house is much more than a home. it s family. [jacqueline] pray tell was an unapologetically authentic character.
and the show was so much more about how her kids deal with it. can you keep your voice down, all right? i ll keep my voice down, huh? because that s our family religion, right? secrecy! [emily] i think transparent is a show that got a lot of credit for advancing the conversation on trans issues that felt sincere in 2014, and that feels increasingly insincere with every year that passes. and now its legacy is kind of tarnished. [rahel] actor jeffrey tambor is leaving the show transparent after being accused of harassment. according to the website deadline, allegations were made by two of tambor s transgender colleagues. tambor insists the claims are untrue. [emily] also the fact that he was cast to begin with in the role of a trans woman. it s a very weird piece of television that feels incredibly locked in the time in which it was made. [neon lights buzzing] [pray tell] live. [jacqueline] pose is created by steven canals and ryan murphy. they had a specific mandate to cast authenticall