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TV Show: American Horror Story: Freak Show
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My point about them getting killed off when they finally start getting big is my biggest point there.
I mean, Gloria had such LITTLE screen time, and when we finally started to get more of her, after that emotional scene between her and Dandy, he shot her, then she appeared as a corpse and now she's been missing for 3 episodes in a row. She was a fantastic character, and she had little to no development at all, which comes from her lack of screen time at all. Poor use of Frances, who is such an amazing actress. We caught a glimpse of substance, then BOOM! Head shot.
Ethel was criminally underused, even after that scene with her diagnosis of cirrhosis, but then we started to get more with the big conversation between her and Elsa, only for her to get stabbed in the eye. I used that fantasy scene between her and Jimmy, but she was already dead at the point so it wasn't that useful. And now, like Gloria, she's been gone for 3 episodes in a row.
I despised Dell, and we started to see some emotion in him from Andy (who was also a lil pointless). He was about to kill himself, which was like the peak of his emotion, but we kind of swept past that easily as if it never happened. He showed more in that scene when he came clean about killing Ma Petite, only for him to get killed by Elsa. If we were going to develop him like that, I actually wanted him to live more, even though I was BEGGING for him to die around the time he first showed up and when he killed queen Mahadevi.
And then Maggie was also barely seen, accumulating like 5 minutes of screen time max, and we figured she wasn't going to do much. In this past episode, she was finally about to rise up for some redemption, and she even SAVED the freaks from Stanley's ways, yet they killed her and moved on as if she isn't the reason they're all still alive.
I mean...
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As if Im gonna read these novels you writing. Girl.
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How y'all are still blinded by the glittery ********* that Ryan covers his shows in to hide how awful they get around this point is beyond me. If y'all can't see it now, maybe tha GP's opinion really is useless.
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Why would I care GP's opinion as long as I like it?
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Just watched it and am a bit mad ngl. The **** are those ungrateful bipolar ass freaks?
Jimmy's corny ass spent the whole season crying for a chicken killer so I would expect a little more compassion from the freaks too like how you gon kill your second mother just like that? They literally made Dandy's behavior seem normal.
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ngl I stopped liking this season half way through but I keep watching because it's not totally terrible.
the last scene of this episode was brilliant though. it gave me chills.
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As if Im gonna read these novels you writing. Girl.
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[FIONA]You are missing the point.[/FIONA]
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[FIONA]You are missing the point.[/FIONA]
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[DESIREE] I may not have been born on a farm, but I know ******** when I smell it. [/DESIREE]
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[DESIREE] I may not have been born on a farm, but I know ******** when I smell it. [/DESIREE]
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[MAGGIE]Chester, stop! Aahhhh! [/MAGGIE]
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Yall can post how you hate this season and show the receipts. But I still **** with it. It gave me Elsa, Dandy, Bette, Dot and my sassy Desiree. Even though I do agree most of the actors were really under used this season, it's still a damn good season.
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LIKE AV Club said:
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Dandy tells Elsa he never refuses a lady in distress. She’s not in distress, she informs him tartly, “but I am in a rush,” which sums up the whole episode.
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It’s appallingly lazy storytelling, and it’s characteristic of the whole season.
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The most shocking thing about American Horror Story: Freak Show is how enthusiastically it squanders its potential.
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What use are those characters you love so much if their story is going nowhere, besides Elsa's?
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No wonder they spoiled Maggie's death so much in the teaser for episode 12. It was the only eventful thing, and even then, it was still pretty anticlimactic.
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Originally posted by X/O/X/O
No wonder they spoiled Maggie's death so much in the teaser for episode 12. It was the only eventful thing, and even then, it was still pretty anticlimactic.
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The episode was filled with other stuff tho .. so no, it was not the only eventful thing
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Show Stoppers > Go To Hell
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Show Stoppers > Go To Hell
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Tbh
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Show Stoppers > Go To Hell
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TRASH
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The Director of Photography, Michael Goi, is going to be working on Scream Queens. So S5 is likely losing some of the main actors and gaining a new DOP. I hope it feels and looks incredibly different, even though Michael is a genius.
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Yas @ the actors and even crew leaving it for a fresh new Ryan piece that will be ruined in 2 seasons.
Orphans snatched Go to Hell, away.
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I actually think anybody who has killed someone in this season, should just die. That includes Sarah Paulson's character, although they're probably my fav along with Elsa, I see the only redemption being if the ones that hurt others, end up suffering, a miserable life. I guess that kind've happened in Coven (somewhat) I mean Jessica Lange's character in Coven lived the rest of eternity in a hell hole.
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Get rid of Evan Peters for S5 and only use Jessica for a voice over role or something. There's only so many times either of them can play an angry person and yell a whole bunch.
I 100% want Finn, Sarah, Kathy, Angela and Frances back along with Lily, Gabourey and maybe Taissa
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Gabourey and maybe Taissa
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Er...
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