Between Subversion and Submission: from Paris is Burning to Pose, New York Ball Culture as Heterotopia
Almost three decades span the release of Paris is Burning (1990), Jennie Livingston’s arthouse documentary on the late-1980s New York ballroom scene, and its fictionalrevisiting in the TV series Pose (2018-21), created by Ryan Murphy and now a global phenomenon thanks to its presence on streaming services. Paris is Burning and Pose have both gone …