Welcome to Chippendales

(Premiering Nov. 22 on Hulu)

Welcome to Chippendales

Annaleigh Ashford and Kumail Nanjiani in 'Welcome to Chippendales'

| Credit: Erin Simkin/Hulu

The true-crime tale of Chippendales founder Somen "Steve" Banerjee checks all the true-crime boxes: romance, arson, murder for hire, a jailhouse suicide, a self-made immigrant entrepreneur chasing the American dream. It's Theodore Dreiser by way of Dateline. It's been told and retold via TV movies, podcasts, and books, and after several falsestarts on the big screen, the sordid story assumes its final form as an inevitable limited series on Hulu. Welcome to Chippendales doesn't reveal much those other projects haven't already covered, but it's buoyed by commanding performances from stars Kumail Nanjiani and Annaleigh Ashford.