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American Horror Story: Freak Show |OT| Let your inhibitions go, it's a crazy night...
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blackaroni
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How do you have Patti LaBelle on the show and no Patti song?
Alligatorjandro
Banned
Meep'd
Infernostew
Member
It's so distracting that they keep using the song from Under The Skin.
blackaroni
Member
Yeah, outside of the clown stuff, the episode was kinda weak and didn't seem to flow . I'm not liking the twins angle or this whole "we're not freaks" civil rights movement thing either.
That knife kill at the start was crazy.
And I just knew Jimmy's "gotta take a leak" was going to blow up.
The civil rights makes sense: A lot of people are treated badly because they're "different." Why not "freaks?" They're nearly the same as everyone else, as "Jimmy" says. Just different.
Anyway, Murphy said this season would have a slower start than the last three. So we're looking at like 3-5 episodes before all the cast is together or something.
And I just knew Jimmy's "gotta take a leak" was going to blow up.
The civil rights makes sense: A lot of people are treated badly because they're "different." Why not "freaks?" They're nearly the same as everyone else, as "Jimmy" says. Just different.
Anyway, Murphy said this season would have a slower start than the last three. So we're looking at like 3-5 episodes before all the cast is together or something.
thecouncil
Banned
Well, believe it or not, Glee still has one more 20-something episode season. Haha.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
This season is having a terrible start. There's no momentum to any of the storylines - no reason to keep watching other than to see whatever random weird shit they decide to throw at us next.
I liked every scene with Francis Conroy, and Dandy seems like he could be a proper creepy ass character (he drinks cognac from a baby bottle, complete with a nipple! lol), but the rest of the cast isn't interesting in the least. A couple decent performances (Paulson, Lange) isn't enough to keep me interested in these characters.
And that song was just...embarrassing. One of the cringiest moments I've seen in a TV show all year. I mean, was it just me or did a small mosh pit form at the base of the circus stage during the Fiona Apple song? What did I even just type? Good lord.
It got cut down to 13 episodes, thankfully.
I liked every scene with Francis Conroy, and Dandy seems like he could be a proper creepy ass character (he drinks cognac from a baby bottle, complete with a nipple! lol), but the rest of the cast isn't interesting in the least. A couple decent performances (Paulson, Lange) isn't enough to keep me interested in these characters.
And that song was just...embarrassing. One of the cringiest moments I've seen in a TV show all year. I mean, was it just me or did a small mosh pit form at the base of the circus stage during the Fiona Apple song? What did I even just type? Good lord.
It got cut down to 13 episodes, thankfully.
Matt_
World's #1 One Direction Fan: Everyone else in the room can see it, everyone else but you~~~
I enjoyed the episode apart from the stupid glee number
I lived for it last week when Lange sang, and I can get behind the twins singing as it makes sense. What I don't like is, just like glee, this misfits and outcasts suddenly turn into rock stars as soon as they start a musical number, but when that finishes they'll go back to being freaks and undesirables.
They struggled to get two people in last episode then called that a sold out show, one day of putting up posters and a time change gets in about twenty people and causes a mosh pit? Don't be fucking absurd.
Lange delivered the best line again. "He has to go" cracked me up
I am surprised they're creating this much tension between the strong man and the others already
I lived for it last week when Lange sang, and I can get behind the twins singing as it makes sense. What I don't like is, just like glee, this misfits and outcasts suddenly turn into rock stars as soon as they start a musical number, but when that finishes they'll go back to being freaks and undesirables.
They struggled to get two people in last episode then called that a sold out show, one day of putting up posters and a time change gets in about twenty people and causes a mosh pit? Don't be fucking absurd.
Lange delivered the best line again. "He has to go" cracked me up
I am surprised they're creating this much tension between the strong man and the others already
Rambaldi47
Banned
This has been a very dull first two episodes.
I can actually see this being worse than Coven. Which would be some feat.
I don't know if it's the cast or the writing or what, but I'm just so bored of it.
I'll give it a couple more episodes.
I can actually see this being worse than Coven. Which would be some feat.
I don't know if it's the cast or the writing or what, but I'm just so bored of it.
I'll give it a couple more episodes.
You hit the nail on the head. I'm willing to believe anything in a universe that a show has created. What pulls me out, is when the universe is inconsistent and this post sums that up nicely.
backflip10019
Member
Wow. I had no idea haha.
Just this one and Asylum I'd wager.
Freak Show is 1950's. Asylum is 1960. Makes sense that after this Pepper is "captured" or something (kidnapped?) and sent to the New Orleans(?) Asylum.
They already did. He killed a "poof"/gay man for trying to turn straight while screwing his wife. Strong man is majorly in the closet or bisexual and not willing to admit it.
thecouncil
Banned
Was there something I missed between the clown clubbing that kid over the head and escaping the house to the kid being the clown's partner in recapturing that girl that escaped from the bus? Why were they all of a sudden buddies in crime?
...this is the greatest news I've had all week. "Thankfully" is right.
Ah.
I only know because I figured I'd finish watching the show since it was so close to the determined end. But...
...this is the greatest news I've had all week. "Thankfully" is right.
Ah.
obin_gam
Member
It was quite obvious that Dandy was bored to hell with his life. He helped Twisty with the girl because he saw a chance for adventure, and to be with another freak - remember he felt like a freak, thats why he wanted to join Elsas posse in the begining of the episode.
-I dont care about the cast right now except the clown.
-Musical numbers while fitting to the theme at the same time feels like padding if they plan doing them often
-Kathy Bates accent is terrible
-Evan Peters character at the moment is having the most cliche dialogue on TV
-The actor who plays Dandy is awful
If the show doesn't pick up by episode 5 or 6 I'm bailing out of the show.
-Musical numbers while fitting to the theme at the same time feels like padding if they plan doing them often
-Kathy Bates accent is terrible
-Evan Peters character at the moment is having the most cliche dialogue on TV
-The actor who plays Dandy is awful
If the show doesn't pick up by episode 5 or 6 I'm bailing out of the show.
backflip10019
Member
It not about that scene but the acting there was cringeworthy
Shabadoo69
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I can't take Kathy Bates and Jessica Lange's accents, they are terrible. Its so distracting.
sometimes i game
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Jessica Lange likes doing musical numbers, so it's not just Ryan murphy pushing it.
I liked Life on Mars, didn't see last night's yet.
I liked Life on Mars, didn't see last night's yet.
Kathy's accent its so terrible it makes Lange sound somewhat legit.
TheJollyCorner
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Goofy accents aside, the trio of Lange, Bates, and Bassett are just absolute master-class.
I love watching all three of them work.
Chiklis also has a wonderful presence, but I hope they give him more to work with. His performance through 7 seasons of The Shield was among the most powerful performances I've ever seen in TV or film. The guy can pull off vulnerable just as effortlessly as he can pull off tough. Hopefully the writers take the chains off and let him go nuts with the material.
Dandy's getting some shit here, but I find him pretty unnerving (as opposed to distracted due to proposed 'bad acting'). I think he's supposed to be a bit cartoony and over-the-top, but I hope it goes into a really dark direction to make a disturbing contrast.
I hope the weirdness ramps up, though. This whole "WE WONT BE TREATED LIKE FREAKS" thing could get old really fast. I don't tune into AHS for a "it's 'ok' to be different, too" Sunday Morning Special.
I love watching all three of them work.
Chiklis also has a wonderful presence, but I hope they give him more to work with. His performance through 7 seasons of The Shield was among the most powerful performances I've ever seen in TV or film. The guy can pull off vulnerable just as effortlessly as he can pull off tough. Hopefully the writers take the chains off and let him go nuts with the material.
Dandy's getting some shit here, but I find him pretty unnerving (as opposed to distracted due to proposed 'bad acting'). I think he's supposed to be a bit cartoony and over-the-top, but I hope it goes into a really dark direction to make a disturbing contrast.
I hope the weirdness ramps up, though. This whole "WE WONT BE TREATED LIKE FREAKS" thing could get old really fast. I don't tune into AHS for a "it's 'ok' to be different, too" Sunday Morning Special.
Shabadoo69
Member
agreed. Her's is way worse.
Fenderputty
Banned
I think Dandy is intentionally over the top as well. He's so fucking wacked even the clown didn't know what to think of him when they met. His relationship with the clown will be dark IMO as he'll be amused with this clowns sadistic behavior.
I'm digging Elsa's relationship with the twins as well. I think the whole jealousy dynamic could be a potentially dark plot point.
It seems like the story will ramp up more slowly, so I can see how people are having a hard time caring about anyone specifically, but I'm easily more interested in this group of freaks than last seasons vapid teenager witches.
Bates' accent is terribly bad though.
TheJollyCorner
Member
Has anyone been able to successfully place it yet?
I've heard everything from Baltimore, to the Dakotas, to Canada.
We should have some kind of bet going and when Bates eventually reveals it in interview we can crown a winner.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
I say Philly
Dandy Crocodile
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Yes, there's no CGI for her character.
All I've thought about when he's on screen is his dental/nutrition situation. Doesn't seem like he ever opens that thing, besides that Twisty is friggin OP.
Didn't expect Michael Chiklis to be
such a douche.
I think he's going to be the link between the freaks and the "real world", as he himself has no deformities.
Miles Quaritch
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Not a bad episode. Really liked Angela Bassett's character, not sold on Chiklis though, was hoping for something more than a generic strongman, but let's see where they go with it I guess.
Ending was heartbreaking. I knew it was coming with the arrest, but damn.
And the face reveal of the clown. I sure fainted from sighing so much. Seriously, no lower jaw? That's it? I knew it wouldn't amount to much, but they didn't really put much effort in. Disappointing.
Ending was heartbreaking. I knew it was coming with the arrest, but damn.
And the face reveal of the clown. I sure fainted from sighing so much. Seriously, no lower jaw? That's it? I knew it wouldn't amount to much, but they didn't really put much effort in. Disappointing.
PlayALLtheGames
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Like that sound effect in Asylum. YAYAAAA YAYAAAAA
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I'll try to refrain from drive by snark in the future, but I have to say: it's such a shame that *this* is the show that has resulted in this talent in the same room. Surely the Asylum good will can't last forever.
~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
Ok this is getting creepy
indigo-cyclops
Member
Yea I definitely thought that. It's like second generation Irish-Bostonian or something.
It was a really creepy, bizarre, eventful episode. The music video scenes are really such an odd way to do it. I think it's the one thing that is really off-base with this season. Other than that, top notch atmosphere. Characters are just so intriguing.
Season 2 is incredible. Season 3 should be skipped.
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