Tag: Ryan Murphy
Unclear Why It’s Called AHS: NYC and Not AHS: AIDS
At a Pride performance called Finally Enough Love (in honor of the remix album of the same name) back in June, Madonna quipped, “One of the reasons [Read More…]
The Politician Season 2 Is Ryan Murphy’s Battle Cry for Gen Z
With Trump’s rally in Tulsa having recently been bamboozled by so-called “TikTokers and K-pop fans”–just roundabout descriptors for saying Gen Z–the generational war has never [Read More…]
“The 80s Will Live on Forever”–Unfortunately Freshest in People’s Minds in the Version Presented in the Finale of AHS: 1984
Seeing as how the ninth season of American Horror Story—1984—started out with such satirical wryness, maybe it can be no surprise that it had to [Read More…]
In AHS: 1984, The Decade of Excess is Nothing to Romanticize
Every time you think Ryan Murphy and co-writer/creator Brad Falchuk couldn’t possibly come up with another concept for American Horror Story, lo and behold, we [Read More…]
Dancing to Phil Collins With Duct Tape: The Patrick Bateman/Andrew Cunanan Connection
As we enter further into the psychotic, drug-addled brain of Andrew Cunanan with each new episode of The Assassination of Gianni Versace, one can’t help [Read More…]
Class Envy: The Man Who Would Be Vogue vs. The Man Who Would Be FBI’s Most Wanted
With “The Man Who Would Be Vogue,” the first electrifying episode to kick off the second season of American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni [Read More…]
The Wrongness of Lena Dunham Playing Valerie Solanas
Valerie Solanas, so oft described as both visionary and complete psycho depending on the faction you ask (and the factions are almost always, shall we [Read More…]
When Satire is Too Satirical for Mass Consumption: Scream Queens Cancelled
It goes without saying that if you’re going to give any Ryan Murphy show a chance, you’re going to need to come armed with a [Read More…]
Joan Crawford Speaks the Language of All Women in “More, Or Less” Episode of Feud
On The Jack Paar Show in 1962, Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon) is riding high on the success of her critical acclaim for playing the eponymous [Read More…]
Not Mad About Penelope Cruz Being Cast as Donatella in Versace: American Crime Story
After the bullet of Lady Gaga trying to inhabit the fabuloso essence of Donatella Versace got nixed because of her “busy schedule,” many in the [Read More…]