A young credulous assistant clashing with an industry-towering snobby boss has formed a solid basis for many an entertainer. From Betty Suarez bumbling around in the early aughts to Ava Daniels figuring her way out in the post-Instagram comedy industry, the dynamic has elicited a loyal audience.
Queering this trusted TV narrative, Netflix’s latest show, Glamorous arrives amid Pride month, aiming to add its name to the list of summer binges. Severely anchoring itself in the beauty-anxious social media world, Glamorous positions itself as the sleek summer-child of its predecessors, however pales in comparison to those that it has been inspired by.
Marco Mejia (Miss Benny), who aims to make it big in the beauty influencer community, attracts the attention of Madolyn Addison (Kim Cattrall), the owner of a luxury makeup brand — ‘Glamorous by Madolyn’. Madolyn plucks Marco from his mall counter job and hires him as her second assistant. This is just one of the many fever-dream scenarios that form Marco’s life and the larger plot of this show. As Madolyn seeks to reinvent a brand that Marco once called bland, the new assistant learns the ropes of an adult…