Review: 'Glamorous,' a lighthearted drama that casts Cattrall as a model turned cosmetics magnate, is delightfully frothy
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. Like those beloved titles, it follows a clueless yet determined ingénue as they’re put through the paces of an entry-level job in a glittery industry that revolves around powerful women and thrives on interoffice competition. In a slight tweak to the typically cis-female formula, the ingénue in question is Marco Mejia, a gender non-conforming queer man played with doe-eyed charm by YouTube breakout Miss Benny.
After a meet-cute at the mall makeup counter where Marco works while channeling his dreams into social-media tutorials, Cattrall’s Madolyn Addison impulsively hires him as a second assistant at her prestigious but stodgy brand, Glamorous by Madolyn. Early misadventures at the office establish a potential rival in ambitious first assistant Venetia , a nemesis in Madolyn’s gym-rat son and sales director Chad , and an admirer in nerdy designer Ben .
She may well wear Prada, but Madolyn is firmly on the side of the angels. A workaholic perfectionist who tends to be even harder on herself than she is on her staff, this mogul of a certain age harbors insecurities about her waning relevance. With Madolyn rescued from the role of villain, it’s the company’s struggles, along with Marco and his co-workers’ love lives, that fuel the show’s ample drama. Glamorous is in a rut. A beauty conglomerate has sent over a nosy consultant to kick tires.
, either; the brisk pacing and the cast’s charisma make up for the occasional half-baked plot or clunker joke. The tone is fashion-magazine breezy. With characters who cut across sexual orientations, scenes set at a scrappy club night called “Dumb Bitch,” a story line that gently sends up the commercialization of Pride, and guest appearances by LGBTQ celebs includingand drag star Monét X Change, it’s a very queer show—one that moves effortlessly through a spectrum of identity.
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