Things We Saw Today: Ryan Murphy’s Pose Makes TV History With Five Transgender Actors

Ryan Murphy has spoken honestly and frequently about his commitment to expanding representation of marginalized communities in his projects, acknowledging his own blind spots and missteps. It’s nice to see that that’s not just talk. For his upcoming anthology series Pose, set in 1980s New York, Murphy has cast five transgender actors: MJ Rodriguez, Indya Moore, Dominique Jackson, Hailie Sahar, and Angelica Ross. All will be series regulars, setting a record for scripted television.

Next step: living in a world where five isn’t an unprecedented number of transgender actors.

• Cole Sprouse’s childhood poetry was all about how much he loved his mom and also about a lot of stabbing. (via Vulture)
• No one here is complaining about the possibility of more Margaret Atwood television adaptations. (via Jezebel)
• A movie about the Flint water crisis is in development, starring Queen Latifah. Um, this seems like an important question:

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• This is a few days old, but it’s a thing I saw today. The year’s best and tearjerkiest anti-bullying PSA comes from … Burger King? (via GQ)
• I would like every single one of these horror movie themed lipsticks, please. Maybe a few of each to stock up because why should they be limited to October usage? (via Elite Daily)
• Actor Robert Guillaume has passed away at the age of 89. Guillaume has played a lot of iconic roles, from Benson DuBois on Soap and its spinoff Benson to Rafiki in The Lion King. I’ll always know him as Isaac Jaffe in Sports Night, though–a character whose advice and speeches I hear replayed in my head often. This one, in particular, has felt unfortunately relevant lately.

What did you all see out there today?

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