Mayor Dinkins Mentioned by 'Pose' Creator Steven Canals Why Season Two Is Set In The 90s

'Pose' Creator Steven Canals Explains Why Season Two Is Set In The 90s

By Sydney Scott - June 11, 2019
Essence Magazine

The end of Pose’s first season was full of triumph. House of Evangelista made waves at the Princess Ball, where house mother Blanca Evangelista (Mj Rodriguez) took home the trophy, and bragging rights, for Mother of the Year.

Pose, at its core, is a story about family. The people we choose to surround ourselves with, who shower us with love. That idea continues in season two, premiering tonight, which includes a small time jump into the 90s.

Co-creator Steven Canals said that the time hop was necessary in order to present new, meatier material to tackle this season.

“We recognized that 1990 felt like the perfect year,” Canals told ESSENCE. “It was the first year that a Black mayor was elected in New York, David Dinkins. Act Up [continued] to serve as an advocate for the LGBTQ community, dying of AIDS. Then in the midst of all this, you had Madonna’s “Vogue” reaching number one on Billboard, and the ballroom community went from being a subculture to mainstream.”

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