Ryan Murphy pulls legends out of the closet in ‘Hollywood’
Ryan Murphy exposes the racism, hypocrisy and sexual discrimination that shaped the careers of major stars such as Rock Hudson (Jake Picking) and derailed the careers of others such as Anna May Wong (Michelle Krusiec) and Hattie McDaniel (Queen Latifah) in his new Netflix series “Hollywood.” Steeped in heavily researched history, the series introduces a fictitious storyline with invented characters to offer a picture of what might have been, had a more humane sensibility been allowed to flourish in 1947 — the year in which the story is set. Filmed in real-life locations such as the 101-year-old restaurant Musso & Frank Grill, “Hollywood” shows us the best and the worst of the movie industry.