The Inevitable Downfall Of American Horror Story — Transcript

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1. 0:00our tour concludes with one of the most
2. 0:02famous houses of Horrors in the City of
3. 0:04Angels better known as The Murder House
4. 0:09moments in pop culture can erupt
5. 0:11seemingly out of nowhere in the case of
6. 0:13American Horror Story the seasons that
7. 0:15followed its Penthouse debut are more
8. 0:18scattershot and hard to pin down than
9. 0:20the genuine Marvel that was murderous
10. 0:22but what made that first season so
11. 0:24powerful and why did it prove so hard to
12. 0:27top Legend has it that the ghost of Nora
13. 0:30Montgomery still haunts these very Halls
14. 0:34before we get too far make sure you're
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17. 0:39FX Network in 2011 American Horror Story
18. 0:42was developed by Ryan Murphy and Brad
19. 0:44falchuk after creating the light-hearted
20. 0:46feel-good series Glee the two wanted to
21. 0:49delve into something darker and more
22. 0:50challenging so they leaned into their
23. 0:52love of the horror genre and pitched FX
24. 0:55on an anthology show that would tell new
25. 0:57stories every season each would be
26. 0:59self-contained and often feature
27. 1:01reoccurring actors in clearly different
28. 1:03roles for the first season Murphy and
29. 1:05falchuk would go full American Gothic
30. 1:07with their haunted house Story murder
31. 1:09house oh God they didn't die in here or
32. 1:12anything did they Yes actually both of
33. 1:14them murder suicide I sold them the
34. 1:17house too the series came out of the
35. 1:19gate with a murderer row of a cast with
36. 1:21the likes of Connie Brittain Dennis
37. 1:23O'Hare and in her regular series acting
38. 1:25debut on television Jessica Lang I don't
39. 1:27remember your name right no I I never
40. 1:31got a chance to tell you my name my name
41. 1:33is Vivian Harmon anyway the talent on
42. 1:35hand was remarkable with each performer
43. 1:37seemingly perfectly dialed in for the
44. 1:39type of story Murphy and foucha clearly
45. 1:41wanted to tell a horrific and terrifying
46. 1:43look at the Modern American Family
47. 1:45through an almost Stephen King Lind one
48. 1:47where the living are to be feared as
49. 1:49much as whatever is going bump in the
50. 1:51night Murder House centered around the
51. 1:53Harmon family having recently moved into
52. 1:55a Los Angeles Mansion they quickly
53. 1:57learned their new home is haunted in a
54. 1:58story that works as a masterclass in
55. 2:00psychological and full Gonzo eroticism
56. 2:03which also manifested in one of murder
57. 2:05House's most memorable villains the
58. 2:07rubber man a harbinger of horror and
59. 2:09heartache a lost Spirit cursed to haunt
60. 2:11this Mansion for years to come get this
61. 2:13suit if it doesn't work out you could
62. 2:16always wear for Halloween I do love
63. 2:17Halloween and it is right around the
64. 2:19corner after the resounding success of
65. 2:21Murder House Murphy and falchuk would
66. 2:23introduce us to Asylum for the Anthology
67. 2:25Following Season while season 1 was set
68. 2:27in a modern era Asylum was set in in
69. 2:29the' 60s at briercliff Manor a hospital
70. 2:32for the mentally unwell this season
71. 2:34cranks up the pulp of Pulp horror with
72. 2:36fascists demonic possessions and alien
73. 2:38abductions Jessica Lang stood out more
74. 2:40than ever as Sister Jude a character
75. 2:43grappling with her past sins Asylum
76. 2:45explores themes of sanity and the human
77. 2:47capacity for evil leaving viewers
78. 2:49questioning what's real and what's a
79. 2:51nightmare for the most part this
80. 2:53sophomore story followed the series
81. 2:54Mantra of familiar setups that took wild
82. 2:57turns if anything the season would be
83. 2:59assigned post that the creators were
84. 3:01maybe a bit too fond of wild turns you
85. 3:04may think my mind is closed doctor but
86. 3:07my eyes are wide open I promise you in
87. 3:09season 3 we're introduced to a coven
88. 3:12said in New Orleans this was the first
89. 3:14season to go truly camp and high
90. 3:16melodrama The Witches Academy the
91. 3:18resurrection spells and the power
92. 3:20struggles made for great entertainment
93. 3:22but at the cost of genuine horror murder
94. 3:24house and even Asylum still waited in
95. 3:26the tropes of horror more
96. 3:27literature-based for season 1 and
97. 3:29defitely on the pulp side for season 2
98. 3:31The scares were replaced by spectacle
99. 3:33The Atmosphere by Aesthetics the
100. 3:35characters though memorable often felt
101. 3:37like caricatures their development
102. 3:39sacrificed on the altar of shock value
103. 3:41and sensationalism it was a fun romp but
104. 3:43the haunting essence of the show seemed
105. 3:45to be slipping through the Creator's
106. 3:46fingers am on merard
107. 3:49Lincoln I'll buy you a drink the fourth
108. 3:52season freak Show centered around a
109. 3:54carnival of oddities in the ' 50s
110. 3:56visually stunning and emotionally
111. 3:57charged it felt like a return to form a
112. 4:00focus on outcasts and misfits but the
113. 4:02narrative meandered characters came and
114. 4:04went with little consequence and the
115. 4:06scares were more grotesk than terrifying
116. 4:09Twisty the Clown was a standout a figure
117. 4:11of genuine Menace but he was lost in a
118. 4:13sea of half-baked subplots and
119. 4:15inconsistent tone they want to call us
120. 4:17monsters fine we'll act like Monsters by
121. 4:20the time we reach Hotel the fifth season
122. 4:22the show had fully embraced its descent
123. 4:24into style over substance the hotel
124. 4:26Cortez with its Art Deco decadence and
125. 4:28Sinister secrets was gorgeous to look at
126. 4:31and really did feel lived in and Lady
127. 4:33Gaga's Countess was a mesmerizing
128. 4:34presence however Murphy and foucha
129. 4:36continued to let their various subplots
130. 4:38run rampant with no real thread to bind
131. 4:40it together the show instead feels like
132. 4:42the Creator's trying to prove how big
133. 4:45they can go you want some I'd rather
134. 4:48want Rowan Oak the sixth season
135. 4:50attempted to reinvent the wheel with a
136. 4:52metan narrative structure that fli the
137. 4:54script halfway through initially
138. 4:55presented as a true crime documentary it
139. 4:57later transitioned into a real quity
140. 5:00show format the ambitious approach while
141. 5:02commendable for its creativity
142. 5:03ultimately fell flat the constant shifts
143. 5:06in perspective and tone left viewers
144. 5:07disoriented and it continued the series
145. 5:09trend of no longer trying to feel
146. 5:11terrifying but to make the audience
147. 5:13relate in any way is is some part of the
148. 5:17show is anything even real season 7 Colt
149. 5:21brought the horrors of contemporary
150. 5:22politics to the Forefront while it was a
151. 5:24timely commentary on societal fears it
152. 5:27lacked the supernatural elements that
153. 5:28had defined American Horror Story the
154. 5:30scares were replaced by political
155. 5:32allegory and the season often felt more
156. 5:34like a satirical drama than a horror
157. 5:36show it also continued to really not
158. 5:38give us as an audience anyone to cheer
159. 5:40for every character in the series seemed
160. 5:42to grow increasingly cold and distant I
161. 5:45said there is nothing more dangerous in
162. 5:47this world than a humiliated man
163. 5:49apocalypse the 8th season attempted to
164. 5:51merge past Seasons into a grand
165. 5:53narrative bringing back beloved
166. 5:55characters and intertwining their
167. 5:56stories fan favorite seasons 1 and three
168. 5:59were combined into a season with the
169. 6:00highest Stakes American Horror Story had
170. 6:02attempted before some however felt this
171. 6:05Nostalgia driven approach felt more like
172. 6:07fan service than a return to form but
173. 6:09for others it really did remind us of
174. 6:11why we love the show Mostly because For
175. 6:13the First Time in years there were
176. 6:14characters we cared about we're the new
177. 6:16owners who are you I'm Constance
178. 6:19Langdon and
179. 6:21this is mying house the ninth season
180. 6:261984 embraced the slasher film aesthetic
181. 6:28of the 1980s it was a love letter to the
182. 6:31genre complete with campy kills and
183. 6:33over-the-top characters while it was a
184. 6:35fun homage it lacked the depth and
185. 6:37originality that had once set American
186. 6:39Horror Story apart because American
187. 6:41Horror Story had led audiences to
188. 6:42believe that it was a show about more
189. 6:45than homages it again fell into the Trap
190. 6:48of a fun celebration with nothing to say
191. 6:50you were right right about what that guy
192. 6:54the night soccer Brook said she saw him
193. 6:56down by the dock when we get to season
194. 6:5810's double feature we actually get two
195. 7:00shortened Seasons the first red tide was
196. 7:03a lovecraftian horror about a struggling
197. 7:05writer who moves to a Seaside Town only
198. 7:07to discover a dark secret about his
199. 7:09success it is not irrational to worry
200. 7:12about our daughter out there alone when
201. 7:14we both have been attacked in the last
202. 7:16few days the second Death Valley was a
203. 7:19black and white historical drama
204. 7:20blending science fiction and Alien
205. 7:23Invasion story while each part gave
206. 7:24different viewers something to latch on
207. 7:26to they felt too short for the cluttered
208. 7:28amount of ambition the reason my species
209. 7:30traveled billions of miles to live here
210. 7:33is because our planet looks an awful lot
211. 7:35like this in NYC season 11 brought one
212. 7:37of the series more somber tones to the
213. 7:39Forefront set in the gritty 80s of New
214. 7:41York City the story focused on a
215. 7:43burgeoning art scene and the rising AIDS
216. 7:45epidemic the season intertwined personal
217. 7:47stories of struggle and survival with
218. 7:49Supernatural elements offering a raw
219. 7:52emotional and haunting portrayal of a
220. 7:54pivotal era in history some audiences
221. 7:56found it too exploitative of a real and
222. 7:58very horrific time that was not that
223. 8:00long ago while horror has often walked
224. 8:02this line some wondered if it was
225. 8:04handled delicately enough and others
226. 8:06lauded the show for pushing the envelope
227. 8:08I'm writing about how gay men are being
228. 8:10hunted and killed in this town wasn't us
229. 8:12the 12th and most recent season delicate
230. 8:14followed a woman who believes a Sinister
231. 8:16force is sabotaging her pregnancy this
232. 8:19season delves into themes of paranoia
233. 8:21control and the societal pressure
234. 8:23surrounding women's bodies delivering a
235. 8:25deeply unsettling and thought-provoking
236. 8:27narrative while incredibly atmospheric
237. 8:29and deeply unnerving exploration of
238. 8:31motherhood the pacing once again felt
239. 8:33off with more importance put on shock
240. 8:35and awe you reneged on our agreement
241. 8:38what no I didn't you promised us a
242. 8:41baby and then you tried to take him back
243. 8:43don't Gaslight a gaslighter babe every
244. 8:46season of American Horror Story has
245. 8:47brought a very specific purpose whether
246. 8:50haunted houses or political Cults the
247. 8:52problems often stem from over ambition
248. 8:55and pacing what made murder house stand
249. 8:57out was its simple statement of living
250. 8:59are are as bad as the dead that we are
251. 9:01all haunted and haunting all at once
252. 9:03it's merely a matter of how that impacts
253. 9:05those we love American Horror Story
254. 9:07capitalized on this idea when it works
255. 9:10it's wonderful and beautiful to see and
256. 9:12when it doesn't it's still lovely to
257. 9:13watch someone try okay I'm going to
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