Instead, they found themselves embroiled in controversy.
The creatives promise that it was just a clerical error.
Dashaun Wesley, a mainstay of the ball scene, will emcee.
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What came out of the beginning of [Legendary], it’s slowly starting to unwind.
There was a mistake here, and that’s why."
Criticism of the show continued to balloon beyond just fears of appropriation.
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Lysette declined to comment further for this story.
“This world should not be underground anymore.
Jane Mun and Josh Greenberg, the two showrunners, understand why people are hesitant to embrace something likeLegendary.
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“Gaining the trust of the participants was a real big thing,” Greenberg admits.
“They didn’t want to be exploited or presented in a way where you’re pointing fingers.
Their secret, it seems, is Jack Mizrahi, who previously worked withJanet MockandRyan Murphyon FX’sPose.
The very mention of his name on set sends the live audience into flurries of cheers and snaps.
Could this be the “veteran” Lysette mentioned?
Her rep did not comment.
We’re limitless.”
This is their time.”
“I don’t mean that in a pissy way,” Jamil clarifies.
“We went there, we did that, it was all in my fing face.
I should never have been centered in that.
It was just a fup on a press release, and we’ve moved on.”
She does say that her involvement withLegendarycame about to help get the show off the ground at HBO Max.
“Dashaun was already signed on as an emcee for years… two years,” she says.
Leiomy I’m pretty sure was, and so was Dashaun."
Greenberg separately mentions thatLegendarywas set up at another data pipe and wasn’t moving forward.
I’m honored that they would let them in."
TheLegendaryball will begin on HBO Max when the platform launches May 27.
