The first scene is beyond parody: the main character sobs as her screen shows the results of the 2016 election. The villain starts cheering and humping his tv screen, before grinding up cheetos putting it on his face and doing a Donald Trump impression.
We later learn that the main character is racked with guilt because she voted for JILL FUCKING STEIN as a protest. Her wife resents her for this too.
The main character's fear of clowns flares up in the wake of the election - a fear which was brought about because of 9/11. Naturally, this happens just when a cult of clowns infiltrates and takes over the town to spread "Fear." The cult's initiation ritual is a pinky promise.
More like American Horror Story: Cope amiright
American Horror Story is just about the prime example of
Totally Twisted™TV writingLike, I grew up watching Outer Limits and Twilight Zone
I know what a well delivered narrative twist can do for a story and I especially know what a bad narrative twist (or seven in Ryan Murphy's case) can do
It's like he's trying to replicate how "off-kilter" shows like Twin Peaks and the Twilight Zone feel at times, but his idea of how to do it is just speeding everything up: the shots, the twists, the dialogue, etc.
I get motion sickness just watching it lol
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It's so incredibly jarring. You'll see a woman bringing in groceries before cutting to a jumpscare of the woman screaming at a fly on a burger at a Dutch angel. Then you cut to her child snorting coke and getting beat up at school before cutting to a man in a gimpsuit jerking off.