Peacock’s Queer as Folk looks ripped from the headlines in first trailer
by Charles Pulliam-Moore from The Verge - All Posts on (#5ZCQN)
Armand Fields as Bussey | Alyssa Moran/Peacock Both the original British and American Queer as Folk series were celebrations of queer culture that also took the time to tell stories about the violence and hatred queer people face simply for existing. In its first trailer, Peacock's upcoming Queer as Folk reboot from Stephen Dunn appears to be following in its predecessors' footsteps as it pulls its cast of clubgoers together for a night of drag and debauchery at Babylon, a club in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The new Queer as Folk follows recent med school dropout Brodie (Devin Way) as he journeys from Baltimore to Louisiana in search of anything but a committed relationship. Though Brodie's glad to be reunited with old friends like debutant Brenda (Kim Cattrall) and pop culture nerd...