Tales Of The City is the LGBT Netflix limited series youve been waiting for your whole life
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Netflixs Tales Of The City is the fourth adaptation of Armistead Maupins book of the same name and is the queer-filled limited series youve been patiently waiting for. And lets be honest, it couldnt have arrived at a better time – hello Pride Month.
For those of you who havent been acquainted to the previous shows or novel before, 28 Barbary Lane is home to Anna Madrigal (played by Olympia Dukakis) and her chosen family. A family made up of friends and lovers across the whole LGBTQ+ spectrum. Its a truly magical place and will no doubt have you looking up how much a one-way flight to San Francisco will set you back.
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Laura Linney reprises her character Mary Ann Singleton and almost two decades after the last series, yet shes still the same try-hard people pleaser. Shes faced with a pretty big bombshell when she returns to number 28 and learns that her adopted daughter Shawna (Ellen Page) believes shes her biological mum. Cue the melodrama.
Mary Anns return sets the series into motion and shes soon forced to confront a number of big decisions; whether she needs to be the one to tell Shawna the truth and whether or not she should move her life back from cold Connecticut. But thats just a small thread in the 10 episode tapestry, as Olympia Dukakis Anna Madrigal is also harbouring a pretty big secret that keeps us on tenterhooks.
Beyond the melodrama, which still manages to keep it feeling honest, we meet a whole host of new residents including the recently transitioned Jake Rodriguez (Garcia) and his girlfriend Margot Park (May Hong), who are both navigating new hurdles in their relationship which involves exploring their sexuality. This isnt done in an over-the-top way or insincere way though. Nor is not glamorized, or fetishised.
What Tales Of The City does so well, on top of putting these very raw stories at the forefront, is not attributing labels to characters. And weve definitely got the all queer writers room to thank for that. Take Shawna for instance. Not once is he sexuality discussed and it doesnt matter because calling out its parameters adds nothing to the plot.
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The latest trailer for the series one sees one character tell the camera that Barbary Lane saved her life and in a lot of ways its clear that this series will be a guiding beacon of hope for many a viewer who might be struggling.
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