Steven Canals received his MFA in screenwriting from UCLA in 2015, and just six years later, he’s wrapped the, the Emmy-winning and history-making series about Black and brown gay men and transgender women of New York City’s underground ballroom scene. The co-creator , who signed an overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV last year, initially struggled to get the series off the ground, often being told the story was too niche for audiences.
But now, afterhas emptied audiences’ tissue boxes and earned its star, Billy Porter, an Emmy for his performance as emcee Pray Tell, there’s no doubting that it has changed “television for the better.” While reflecting on the show’s legacy during the season 3 premiere,has inspired content creators to be more “intentional about the stories that they tell,” by casting authentically, especially when it comes to trans roles. “Those are things that we weren’t talking about even five years ago.
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❤️ standup4justice has very much enjoyed stepping into his Generation character’s shoes: “I’ve never played a character like Chester and I was very interested in exploring somebody who wears it all on their sleeve.”
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