Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.As director Daniel Minahan continues his moment in the sun with the success of the series Halston, we think it best to take a look back at another one of his biggest artistic triumphs.
Series 7: The Contenders debuted in 2001 to little fanfare, probably because audiences at the time didn’t quite understand its premise, or its flavor of satire.My, how time changes things.Series 7 uses the faux-documentary style to tell the story of a fictional reality show called The Contenders.
Contestants on the show are chosen at random to compete in a televised battle to the death; the last contestant alive is declared the winner,.