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Drag Queens Of The Ball Scene Strike A 'Pose' In FX Drama

The new series Pose looks at how New York drag queens created their own percolating club scene when they weren't welcome anywhere else.
Indya Moore plays Angel in FX's <em>Pose</em>.

The best thing about seeing previously marginalized groups claim their own space in pop culture is it often ends up showing — in the most compelling ways — how alike we all really are.

That's my biggest takeaway from , FX's crackling new Sunday night series about drag ball culture in New York during the late 1980s. On one level, the show is a detailed exploration of how drag queens, some of whom are

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