I caught the first episode of the new American Horror story season this weekend. Ads for the show have been all over the TV for a couple months now, showing eerie looking ceremonies performed by an evil clown cult. I went into it expecting some IT-like killer clown suspense and got hamfisted political hysteria instead.
The story starts on election night with a lesbian couple wailing in agony as Trump slides down the escalator, then cuts to a psychotic villain with long blue hair putting cheetos in a blender and painting his face orange, thrusting at his TV in celebration of Trump's vitory. The hysterical libs are freaking out, wondering how this could have happened. The answer soon reveals itself. A cult of evil clown trump supporters is killing all the good left wingers one by one. Our protagonist is a woman that is 'triggered' by all of this and starts seeing killer clowns everywhere while those around her are convinced that she is going insane.
The blue haired creepo is labeled a 4channer at one point, he pisses into a condom and throws it at a group of mexicans shortly afterward. The characterization of the right's victory as a psychotic cult of clowns is a bit insulting and is yet another indication that the entertainment industry is wildly out of touch with the population.
The reviews across the web are predictably divided across party lines:
The new season is going to suck because of this political bullshit. There is no subtlety to it whatsoever. Still, it does give you an an amusing look into how these people think.
The story starts on election night with a lesbian couple wailing in agony as Trump slides down the escalator, then cuts to a psychotic villain with long blue hair putting cheetos in a blender and painting his face orange, thrusting at his TV in celebration of Trump's vitory. The hysterical libs are freaking out, wondering how this could have happened. The answer soon reveals itself. A cult of evil clown trump supporters is killing all the good left wingers one by one. Our protagonist is a woman that is 'triggered' by all of this and starts seeing killer clowns everywhere while those around her are convinced that she is going insane.
The blue haired creepo is labeled a 4channer at one point, he pisses into a condom and throws it at a group of mexicans shortly afterward. The characterization of the right's victory as a psychotic cult of clowns is a bit insulting and is yet another indication that the entertainment industry is wildly out of touch with the population.
The reviews across the web are predictably divided across party lines:
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"It becomes obvious that the killer clowns are intended to represent the conservative Trump voters, reveling in the 'liberal tears' of the defeated 'snowflakes', while Ally and family are likewise caricatures of the oversensitive liberals who thrive on internet outrage culture. Because of this, [the] show is going to alienate people, and potentially lose fans, on both sides of the aisle.
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"It adds up to a confounding experience that, at best, is easily forgotten and at worst is offensive to all parties. Liberals aren't just snowflakes with imaginary fears, and the right isn't only made up of soulless fear-mongers. The politics of fear may work, but the twisted logic in this futile exercise falls apart quickly."
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"Give Cult credit for trying to connect with the current cultural mood, though it offers over-the-top stereotyping of both sides as well as spot-on insight. And even if the constant door-banging (what, no doorbells?) stops giving you the intended jitters, such horror-trope winks might still provide a laugh."
The new season is going to suck because of this political bullshit. There is no subtlety to it whatsoever. Still, it does give you an an amusing look into how these people think.