The new vogueing competition 'Legendary' is one of two reality competitions to drop on HBOMax's first day. Read THR's review:
. The first two episodes of the series have to introduce eight houses with five members each, with nearly all the teams describing themselves as some variation on sexy, glamorous fighters and the majority of them named after fashion brands like Gucci and Lanvin. Individual contenders get even less characterization, though this being a reality series, their personal traumas are regularly trotted out in an unconvincingly tidy manner.
Considering vogueing's roots in LGBTQ subcultures, the prevalence of trans participants is a lot less unusual than the occasional plus-size contestant in the dance troupes.
And because each judge seems to have a different rubric in mind, with, say, Roach attuned to the costumes and Maldonado in search of a platonic ideal of group choreography that's in perfect lockstep yet doesn't feel too rehearsed, there's little coherence about whatbe. Houses that feature more avant-garde fashions or a greater sense of gender-play, for example, aren't necessarily rewarded for thinking outside the box.
It's entirely possible that characters and storylines will gradually emerge as the season goes along. But in their absence,is best enjoyed as a series of slick but uninvolving spectacles, aided by restless editing and a truly great set that's part-industrial, part-Lisa Frank pink and purple. Host Dashaun Wesley , who splits expository duties with Jamil, might well be the series' secret weapon, conveying even better than the studio audience could a sense of momentum and being-there-ness. But not even Wesley's talents can turn these muddled proceedings into an
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