In Welcome to Chippendales, Disney+ tells the crazy fate of Somen Banerjee, the maniac creator of the famous Chippendales troupe. Our opinion.
This January 11, Disney+ subscribers will discover Welcome to Chippendales, an incredible new series added to the catalog of the American streaming platform. In the cast of this fiction which immerses us in the universe of the 1980s, we find the actor Kumail Nanjiani as well as Juliette Lewis, Dan Stevens, Murray Bartlett, Annaleigh Ashford and Quentin Plair. It recounts the rise and fall of an Indian entrepreneur, to whom we owe the creation of the famous Chippendales troupe. As crazy as it sounds, this tale is inspired by the true story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee, the founder of the Chippendales.
Welcome to Chippendales (Disney +): The totally crazy story of an ambitious man devoured by his ego
Once upon a time, an incredible story… but true. That, scandalous and decadent, of Somen Banerjee, the founder of Chippendales, the first troupe of strippers portrayed in this miniseries. His name may not mean anything to you, but this Indian immigrant was at the head of the Chippendales empire which he had co-founded in 1979. Greedy and ambitious, the entrepreneur who dreamed of himself again Hugh Hefner, creator of Playboy , thus followed in the footsteps of his idol, with one exception: no more generous breasts and rabbit ears, room for muscular torsos and leather briefs. Once at the top, you still had to stay there. And to do this, Somen Banerjee had set no limits. Neither moral nor physical. He will go so far as to commit the irreparable…
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In the skin of the ogre, Kumail Nanjiani (The Eternals), by turns sympathetic and disturbing, portrays this odious character with accuracy. The other plus of this story is its elegant staging in the colors typical of this period, coupled with a script without frills and devilishly effective, signed by the screenwriter of the series Pam & Tommy. There are similarities between these fictions: the reconstruction of an era, the excesses of the entertainment industry, violence and greed, the exposure of bodies and characters larger than life. So many attractions that make this extraordinary story truly worth a look.
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