SERIELAND RECO - Ryan Murphy's new series "Halston" has just arrived on Netflix. It tells the story of couturier Roy Halston, iconic American designer of the 1970s. "Glee", "American Horror Story", "Pose"…. All these series are stamped Ryan Murphy. For 20 years, he has established himself as an essential showrunner in the Hollywood landscape. What do his fictions have in common? What is he trying to tell us about our society? To answer these questions, Eva Roque surrounded herself with two editors, Marion Olité from Konbini Biiinge and Romain Burrel from the magazine "Têtu". 

Ryan Murphy unveiled his new series,

Halston

, on May 14 on Netflix. The fiction tells the story and the excesses of designer Roy Halston, a leading American fashion designer of the 1970s. 

In 20 years, the producer and screenwriter has made a place for himself in the world of Hollywood series. He was able to impose his style in very different series. His career took off in 2003 with

Nip / Tuck

, a trashy series on the hectic daily life of two aesthetic doctors. Through this fiction, viewers were able to discover Ryan Murphy's attraction to violence. But his most famous series of its kind is undoubtedly

American Horror Story

which stages our worst nightmares. Last year he continued to scare us with

Ratched

taking place in a mid-20th century California mental hospital. In his terrifying series, Ryan Murphy always strives to aestheticize violence. 

He also distinguished himself by a radically different type of fictions, the glamorous and spangled series.

In 2009, he signed

Glee,

a musical fiction that has become cult.

More recently, he returned to this universe of rhinestones with the

Pose

series

.

This fiction, the third season of which is currently being broadcast on MyCanal, invites us behind the scenes of the LGBTQ + counter-culture of the 1980s and of "voguing", a practice on the border between dance and modeling poses. 

The political dimension is palpable in all his series.

Through his fictions, he denounces racial, social and sexual discrimination.

He has also been heavily involved in portraying LGBTQ + characters and actors in series. 

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Discovery of the week:

Halston 

This mini-series plunges us into the world of 1970s fashion through the journey of couturier Roy Halston, an icon of American ready-to-wear.

We discover the life of this designer "people", close in particular to Liza Minnelli.

The series also showcases his taste for partying and his excesses at Studio 54, this mythical and sulphurous Broadway club. 

In this very informative fiction, we discover the beginnings of the ready-to-wear industry and the backstage of fashion in the 1970s. Halston also tells the story of the profession of designer and the anguish of not finding it. inspiration.

The designer is played brilliantly by actor Ewan McGregor.

The series also plays with our senses.

She makes us feel the delicacy of the fabrics and even manages to stir our sense of smell, especially in a sequence during which the creator designs a perfume.

5 episodes, 45 minutes, to watch on Netflix.

The guests: Marion Olité and Romain Burrel 

Marion Olité is editor-in-chief at Konbini Biinge. 

Romain Burrel is editor-in-chief of Têtu magazine. 

The SERIELAND team

 Author and presentation: Eva Roque

Director: Christophe Pierrot

Editorial project manager: Timothée Magot 

Distribution and editing: Clémence Olivier with Salomé Journo

Preparation: Magali Butault