FXs new seriesPoseis set in 1987 in New York City and focuses mainly on the ballroom culture in Harlem.

In one of the original scripts forPose, Trump was an actual character.

I think I had him down.

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But eventually, the creative team felt that having him in there was too distracting.

Explains Murphy, The election happened, and were like, Nobody wants to see him.

Hes the biggest fraud of all time, says Falchuk.

He is the representation in terms of all that is wrong in terms of inauthenticity.

But the contrast between someone like Blanca (Mj Rodriguez) and someone like him could not be greater.

I think it was important we felt that contrast.