Makeup Dramedy Glamorous Sets June Release Date on Netflix — First Look
Consider your summer officially snatched. Netflix‘s Glamorous, a new dramedy about the beauty industry that’s already drawing Ugly Betty comparisons, has set a release date of Thursday, June 22.
Miss Benny (Love, Victor) stars as Marco Mejia, “a young gender non-conforming queer man whose life seems to be stuck in place until he lands a job working for legendary makeup mogul Madolyn Addison,” per Netflix’s official synopsis. “It’s Marco’s first chance to figure out what he wants out of life, who he actually is, and what it really means for him to be queer.”
Glamorous also stars Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City) as supermodel-turned-CEO Madolyn Addison, Zane Phillips (Legacies) as Madolyn’s son Chad, Jade Payton (Dynasty) as Madolyn’s assistant Venetia, Michael Hsu Rosen (Tiny Pretty Things) as Marco’s shy love interest Ben, Ayesha Harris (Daisy Jones & The Six) as graphic designer Britt and Graham Parkhurst (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) as Marco’s not-shy love interest Parker.
Guest stars include Aldrin Bundoc, Brock Ciarlelli, Charlene Incarnate, Chiquitita, Diana Maria Riva, Joel Kim Booster, Lisa Gilroy, Mark Deklin, Matt Rogers, Monét X Change, Nicole Power, Priyanka, Ricardo Chavira and Serena Tea — some of whom you can see below in the first-look photos released by the streamer.
The CBS Television Studios production is created by Jordan Nardino, who executive-produces alongside Damon Wayans Jr. and Kameron Tarlow of Two Shakes Entertainment.
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A super queer show on Netflix? This will be cancelled after 1 season… Even if it is a fun ugly-Betty dramedy. I also don’t find the lead actor compelling enough, I remember their YouTube days… but we’ll see how the trailer is cut. Might tune in just for Madelyn’s son Chad lol
If it gets ratings, it’ll be renewed. If it does poorly, it’ll get canceled.
I don’t know any of the actors outside of Catrall, so the pics are all confusing and meaningless. Doubt it lasts more than a season or two on Netflix.
“..that’s already drawing Ugly Betty comparisons” Is it really? It’s the first time I’m reading this. Besides only Ugly Betty can be Ugly Betty, they should revive that show
Ugly Betty was a remake, soooo….
Not really, it’s based on a Colombian series so the premise is the same, but the show’s always been its own thing.
Excuses, excuses…..
Did you even watch them? ‘Cause I watched both and the tone and storylines are completely different. But go ahead sweetheart
This is going to be so good! I hope it does well and Netflix renews it but I know it won’t.
Love Kim Catrall. I find stories where the whole thing is about queer identity to just be bad. Straight people don’t have stories where they find their “straight identity.” It’s fine to be queer, but that shouldn’t be the focal point of your character. That’s the problem with a lot of queer literature. Let’s try to get to a place where we can have queer stories with plotlines that don’t strictly revolve around that queerness. We need layers. This doesn’t seem to be it.
I would suggest you 1) wait and watch before concluding 2) talk to minorities about representation 3) don’t lecture queer people about what is or isn’t the focus of their character-it’s a big part of people’s lives, it’s just that with straight people, it’s taken for granted, 4) “straight people don’t have stories where they find their ‘straight identity'” there is a reason for this (but there is no dearth of (finding yourself) stories about straight characters. If you’re a queer person in modern society, it’s very courageous and important to come out. That’s not a problem. If you don’t embrace/celebrate/talk about your “queerness” it’ll be assumed you’re straight. Straight people talk about who they date and are interested in all the time. Why should it be a “problem” for “queer literature.” Queer identity is a critical and important part of a lot of people’s lives-particularly as America (and many parts of the world) is hostile to that very identity. It’s wonder anyone comes out all when there’s such benign disregard for queerness that it’s described as a “problem” to embrace oneself and to expect to see “literature” that acknowledges said queerness. (Something not seeming [to you], at first blush, to not have “layers” doesn’t mean they don’t exist here).
Our society is heteronormative so finding your queer identity is very much a thing… Maybe in a thousand years shows like this won’t be needed, but now? Yeah
If there aren’t layers to your queerness, perhaps that’s simply a reflection upon you and not shows that focus on queer identity. Queer identity isn’t simply about sexuality and the potential storylines to be written about ones queer identity are myriad.
Looks fun!
Yay, Mark Deklin! He’s always fun to watch.