With “Pam & Tommy,” “Dopesick,” “Candy,” “The Act,” “The Dropout” and “Under the Banner of Heaven” et al., Hulu is on a roll with biographical limited series telling fictionalized versions of well-known events and scandals. The run continues with the colorful and shiny but increasingly dark and twisted “Welcome to Chippendales,” which tells the blood-spattered behind-the-scenes story of the legendary all-male dance troupe that was formed in the late 1970s, flourished in the 1980s and 1990s and enjoys continued success in venues around the world
Showrunners Robert Siegel ( “Pam & Tommy”) and Jenni Konner (“Girls”) have created an addictively compelling, if at times borderline cheesy, slice of period-piece Americana (cue the songs such as “Superfreak” and “Sharp Dressed Man”), featuring strong work by Kumail Nanjiani as Chippendales founder Somen “Steve” Banerjee and an outstanding supporting cast led by Murray Bartlett, Juliette Lewis and Annaleigh Ashford.
