First, what I liked: there's a lot of style here and it really shines through with the cinematography and lovely brown-black color palette, both supported by the costuming. There's a lot of atmosphere in the sets as well which is reminiscent of Asylum. Paulson was really good in this, given that it's a serious role like in Murder house, not las season with her running around screaming half the time. This is very different for AHS and I'm curious to see where it goes.
And now what I wasn't too happy about-
Absolutely hates the first 7 minutes or so. Horrible dialogue and absolutely cartoonish characters. It definitely got better as the episode went on, but my question is why is so much of this show, including last season, played so much for comedy? It is called American HORROR story, right? And it seems to go far beyond just comic relief.
My other problem was the really awkward and unsubtle political commentary. The reason for all these people being held is because of an Ancestry website? The one girl got arrested for protesting on campus? and the entire house was created because people thought they where equal because of social media? It all just felt so forced and would've been a much smoother episode without all this explanation.
Last note- I cringed so hard at the 'this stew is Stu' line. Was that needed?
Last note- I cringed so hard at the 'this stew is Stu' line. Was that needed?