By the time 12 Years a Slave had finished it’s running time, I found myself having to take stock of myself. The film, directed by Steve McQueen, is certainly an experience, painting a tough portrait of what happened to many Black people. Though I managed to make it through the film without much incident, I felt a small sense of disconnect, having endured through the movie but not thoroughly engaged, inspite of knowing the film was good. Luckily, there was enough artistry and ideas to keep the film bouncing around my mind and some truly astonishing performances to smooth the issues.
Well damn. That’s about the best way to respond to tonight’s epiosde of American Horror Story: Coven. I thought I was beyond being shocked and disgusted given how last season prepared me for all sorts of foolishness but this episode just went deeper and got more fucked up the longer the episode went. So let’s dig into “The Replacements” shall we!
Listen y’all American Horror Story: Coven is EVERYTHING. Did yall catch tonight’s episode? Whew “Boy Parts” was one part foolishness, two parts sexy times and seventy five parts amazing salvage from Jessica Lange, Angela Bassett and Kathy Bates. Just a great episode all around and here are my thoughts.
Our waiting has finally paid off! American Horror Story: Coven came and graced our screens today and good God in heaven was it an amazing episode. Ryan Murphy and company returned to slay all of us in our homes with an episode so good I can’t even wrangle my thoughts (though you know I’ll try). There was a lot of stuff that happened in this episode so lets break it down shall we!
As if I couldn’t get more excited for this TV show. American Horror Story is continues to run circles around other TV shows with regards to its marketing and the crew has just released a featurette about New Orleans voodoo. It’s a pretty cool clip, detailing the history of voodoo and how it relates to the African Diaspora. Check it out after the jump!