![]() ![]() But Stratten backs it up, explaining the shocking new-age intel that “women get horny.” Just like that, the scene soon cuts to a montage of Banerjee and Snider scouting the beaches of Los Angeles for hunks. Snider, who was originally business partners with Banerjee, protests the idea. ![]() ![]() After all, it’s only upon an outing to a gay bar with Stratten and Snider–where Banerjee sees a male strip-tease–that the concept of a strip club for women dawns upon Banerjee. Though Stratten is only briefly featured in Welcome to Chippendales, her role is pivotal. The 60 Shows You Should Be Watching on Hulu.'Welcome to Chippendales' is a True-Crime Antidote."Most viewers, if they know about Dorothy, they don't know about her connection to Chippendales." "What's not known, and what I found fascinating was the connection," Siegel says of Stratten’s influence on the Chippendales. Nonetheless, the reemergence of Stratten into the cultural zeitgeist brings an opportunity to reexamine what we know about Dorothy Stratten–and what we don’t. Stratten’s jarringly truncated storyline in Welcome to Chippendales is unfortunately not unlike her own legacy–her career as a budding actor is so often overshadowed by the sensationalized death that cut it short. But if you were unaware of the Playboy starlet’s fate, you were likely shocked by Episode One’s final scene–which sees Stratten and Snider die a gruesome bedroom murder-suicide. So, yes: for those familiar with Star 80 and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Village Voice article, " Death of a Playmate," the mere mention of Stratten’s name foreshadows tragedy. "The only characters, if any, that some people come to this with some familiarity with would be Dorothy and Paul," series creator and showrunner Rob Siegel previously told Esquire of the real-life figures. Amidst the pilot’s introduction of Somen “Steve” Banerjee (Kumail Nanjiani), a power-hungry business mogul who founded the all-male stripping troupe, we also meet (supposed) power couple Dorothy Stratten (Nicola Peltz Beckham) and Paul Snider (Dan Stevens). Though the backstory of Hulu’s latest true-crime miniseries, Welcome to Chippendales-which debuted on November 22-is a bit obscure, you might have heard a familiar name or two so far. ![]()
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