Welcome to Chippendales

miaparker shared a tip "🌟7/10🌟 This was fine as long as you don’t mind a little sleaze with your cheese? 🧀 First of all, I had no idea that Dorothy Stratten had an indirect link to the Chippendales story (and to Peter Bogdanovich as well), so that first episode was interesting, but honestly, the rest of this show was ultimately just a glitzy, dramatic reenactment of the #truecrime story surrounding Chippendales’ founder — including racketeering, arson plots, murders, attempted murders, conviction & suicide — As Stefön (Bill Hader’s character on SNL’s Weekend Update would say, “This show has everything!” However, if you want more compelling factual details, watch the two documentaries about this story (I enjoyed those) — BUT… if you also need DRAMA (like me!), you could watch this also, but I will warn you: ⚠️ It’s an endless stream of #cringy sex scenes, cocaine, & sweaty exotic male dancers in tiny, tight g-strings shaking their money makers… and an endless supply of breakaway clothing!!!😜🪩🕺🏽"

miaparker shared a tip "Haha, yeah, well, this series isn’t exactly the same “flavor” as our usual favorites or some of our recently reviewed favorites, and this series honestly has almost TOO much “cringe.” PLUS, I have to say, as much as I love & adore Kumail Nanjiani, I have to agree with a few movie critics that have said that his acting here in this was almost a little too stiff, as if he didn’t have enough source material or information about the actual real-life person he was portraying in order to solidify a performance. But, OVERALL, the series as a whole was good enough entertainment for killing time, haha, and yeah, worth a watch when you’re hard up for something to watch …. It wasn’t ALL cringy and there was some other good acting, etc."

sher_free shared a tip "⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 I am now obsessed with this story I was woefully and shockingly unaware of. Drawn in by what appeared would be it’s glitzy 80s nostalgia (I was…don’t look at me like that lol) it definitely delivers, oh the camp! It’s got everything though. Great music, theatricality, costumes, hair (sooo much hair), drugs, sex, money, greed, jealousy, revenge, drama, lgbtq, immigration, racism, the American dream, and yes..lots of not quite fully naked gyrating men. And of course…MUUURDERR. I’m not into true crime but immediately watched two documentaries afterward and while this show definitely took a lot of liberties it’s still some kinda crazy story, both the real one and the fictionalized one. So OTT but in the best guilty pleasure way."

smeeta shared a tip "This story continues to astound me of how a backgammon idea turned into Chippendales. And that too by an Indian! I’ve seen several versions of this story and so far 2 episodes have aired (11/22) but it’s still intriguing and fast paced to keep my interest."

jonathan_david_whit shared a tip "Wow! Kumail Nanjiani - Fantastic! What an impressively told story from start to finish! There are some moments that hard to watch because they are so visceral, but if you can bare it, and are looking for some good TV - look no further."

s_hughes shared a tip "I don't actually like watching strippers. That doesn't matter though as this is one of those rags to riches true stories with an extraordinarily twist. You won't believe it's a real story that you didn't know about. Great scripts, great acting and the odd man dancing around for a minute or two in a silly outfit."