Janet Mock and her writing team allegedly ripped off Carmen Carrera's real-life storyline for Angel's character on Pose, according to Carrera. She expressed feeling overlooked despite the story similarities and highlighted the lack of acknowledgment or compensation.
Carrera mentioned that elements of Angel's storyline in Pose closely mirrored her own life story published in People in 2015, suggesting a suspicious resemblance. She also stated that her management had been in talks for a role on Pose at one point.
Carrera's real-life experiences of marriage and step-parenting garnered media attention as groundbreaking during the 'trans tipping point' era, yet she claims that Pose did not offer her a role despite the apparent resemblance between her life and Angel's character story.
Pose depicts a group of trans women in NYC's ballroom scene during the 80s AIDS crisis. Carrera points out similarities between her own life story and the storyline of Angel in Pose, particularly regarding marriage and step-parenting.
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