Welcome to Chippendales also seems to accurately portray just how central drugs were in the nightlife scene that enveloped its characters. However, sex remained at its core, with dancers engaging in orgies with the patrons in the back. With De Noia's restructure of the show, focus on choreography and artful storytelling, it began to soar to new heights. Banerjee did indeed call local churches and television stations in order to maximize on free advertising, and the club was finally making money after a series of failed strategies. Even still, it was taking off and making a name for itself. As rival dance troupes, copycat merchandise and internal conflicts began to arise, Banerjee's appetite for crime grew with arson, murder, and illegal business practices overwhelming the brand.Īs the series depicts, before Nick De Noia entered the scene, Chippendales was something of a raunchy comedy show, in which average men fumbled around and haphazardly stripped for women. Former dancers and associates of the brand recall that no one ever knew all the goings-on of the company except for Banerjee himself. Every employee of the organization reported to him directly as a means for him to maintain control of each aspect. In operating Chippendales, Banerjee didn't like to have a chain of command. Behind closed doors he was a cutthroat businessman who didn't mind getting his hands dirty and skirting the law in order to accumulate wealth and challenge his rivals.
He was shy in front of a camera, skulked in the shadows of his own club, and avoided the limelight while resenting those who reveled in the stardom associated with the Chippendales name. While neither are still living, testimonies from those that ran within the same circles along with myriad recordings of them from the time period show that one of most compelling aspects of Welcome to Chippendales is its fealty to the development of these two characters.īanerjee was indeed an Indian immigrant who worked his way from gas station manager to bombastic club owner.
The central figures of the series, Somen (Steve) Banerjee and Nick De Noia, played by Kumail Nanjiani and Murray Bartlett respectively, are as real life as the show can possibly get them.
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