Ryan Murphy’s last project, All’s Fair, left the fans existentially crushed. So, for a man who is often described as “the most powerful man” in modern television and has signed massive development deals with Netflix, the zero rating on Rotten Tomatoes was intolerable. And now, the writer-director is back with another project that might make up for what fans missed in their previous project, and it’s “so-bad-it-was-bad” ratings, giving them exactly what they desire. Setting the record straight, Ryan still knows how to make some of the best stories known to the entertainment industry.
We can happily conclude that The Beauty FX is genuinely a triumph. It has a plot, structure, characters that often act, react, and speak as real human beings might, a sense of what it’s doing and where it’s going, and even whispers, a touch of commentary on the state of society today. Ryan Murphy has taken us back to the old American anthology days and given us the perfect blend of The People v. O.J. Simpson, Feud, and The Assassination of Gianni Versace. The show leases new lives to Sarah Paulson, Jessica Lange and other glorious figures, and has us believe that the good times would roll forever. Warning: Spoilers ahead!
The Beauty is unapologetically gory
The Beauty is an eleven-part series in the body horror genre, meaning it is not just gore but also has more than enough ‘yikes’ moments. It’s based on Jeremy Haun and Jason A Hurley’s comic book of the same name and follows two FBI agents who land themselves in a bizarre case. They are investigating the spread of an STD (s**ually transmitted disease) that makes infected parties unbelievably beautiful before making them 100 per cent believably dead.
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