Together, they chase glittery dreams and tackle (continuing) systemic ills.
What if women, queer people, people of color are given opportunities?
How different could Hollywood look now?
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asks Pope, who portrays aspiring screenwriter Archie Coleman.
Were proposing how it can be.
Picking, who plays Rock Hudson adds, It showcases how everything has changed and nothing has changed.
The idea for this alt-Hollywood was conceived by Murphy and fellow executive producer Criss over rose.
As Criss tells it, Murphy was looking to do something young, period, and optimistic.
You introduce a wild polarity between people who have just seen hell and now are in paradise.
What did that do to someones moral compass and sense of ambition and dreams?
ponders Criss, before underscoring the shows sunniness in spite of that.
It does exist in this surreal, optimistic space.
Its candy, fantasy, and escapism at its original, most golden form.
Murphy elaborates on this meal with Criss, and their fascination with the juxtaposition at play in this era.
It started off with that, he explains.
For most of the cast, that sense of striving against the odds is highly personal.
For so many people who are of color or gay, you get offered less.
I wanted to write all of that into the text, particularly for his character.
Raymond is in an interracial relationship with Laura Harriers aspiring actress Camille.
People have been living and loving how they are now for forever.
Being not just accepted but celebrated for decades is a tantalizing vision.
The re-telling of history allows people to really bask in the nostalgia, Corenswet enthuses.
I hope taking a chance rewriting history allows people to have more fun watching.
A guilt-free Golden Age with room for all?
Hollywoodhits Netflix in its entirety May 1.
