Lisa Bonet, Toni Braxton, and Other 90s Icons Who Inspired Pose s Best Beauty Looks
Pose may have jumped ahead to the early 90s for its third and final season on FX, but the hair and makeup featured on the show is still as extravagant as it has always been. The show s lead characters Blanca (Mj Rodriguez), Pray Tell (Billy Porter), Damon (Ryan Jamaal Swain), Elektra (Dominique Jackson), Angel (Indya Moore), Papi (Angel B. Curiel), Ricky (Dyllón Burnside), Candy (Angelica Ross), and Lulu (Hailie Sahar) have had their own signature looks since the beginning, and as it turns out, each one drew inspiration from icons and television shows from the late 80s and 90s.
By Stacy Lambe FX
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Pose is largely an ensemble show, following the lives transgender women and gay men of color as they live out their best lives in the ballroom scene and navigate the realties of living in a less than accepting New York City during the AIDS crisis, Mj Rodriguez’s character, Blanca, has always been the heart of the FX series.
Upon receiving an HIV positive diagnosis at the beginning of season 1, Blanca stepped out on her own to create the House of Evangelista and became the mother that many in her community never had. Over the course of the series, she has provided for and guided her children Angel (Indya Moore), Damon (Ryan Jamaal Swain), Ricky (Dyllón Burnside), Papi (Angel Bismark Curiel) while attempting to run her own nail salon.
Pose Showrunner Breaks Down Damon s Sudden Exit in the Season 3 Premiere
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Pose returned for its third and final season on Sunday night, and it s already making fans emotional. During the two-episode premiere, which takes place three years after season two, one character s storyline seemingly comes to an end. After moving back to NYC at the end of season two, Damon (Ryan Jamaal Swain) only makes a handful of appearances in the first episode at the family dinner and for the O.J. Simpson trial watch party.
During the party, Damon and Pray Tell (Billy Porter) share a moment as they discuss alcohol addiction. Damon eventually reveals that he has also suffered from addiction as he shows Pray Tell a book from Alcoholics Anonymous. However, by the second episode, Damon is completely MIA. It isn t until the end of the episode, that we learn from Blanca (MJ Rodriguez) that Damon relapsed from alcoholism and moved to be with a cousin in Charleston, SC.
How N.J.’s Mj Rodriguez became ‘Pose’ royalty, and why she deserves all the flowers
Updated May 03, 2021;
Posted May 02, 2021
In the third and final season of Pose, Mj Rodriguez says goodbye to Blanca, the character who made her a name in TV. The Newark actor s star has risen significantly since the show debuted in 2018. Pari Dukovic | FX
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The crowd is hushed as a song cues up on the speakers.
“O say can you see …
“By the dawn’s early light …”
The spotlight is on Rodriguez. She lip-syncs each word of the national anthem sitting in a wheelchair, wearing a peach zip-up jacket reminiscent of Houston’s gameday look. As momentum builds, she smiles, clasping her chest. The room erupts in cheers.