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Review of American TV series ‘American Horror Story’

American Horror Story (AHS) is an American horror television series created and produced by the famous television screenwriter, Ryan Murphy. Described as an anthology series, each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries, following a different set of characters and settings, and a storyline on its own. Some plot elements are inspired by true events in history. The first season to the fifth season is called ‘Murder House’, ‘Asylum’, ‘Coven’, ‘Freak Show’ and ‘Hotel’ respectively.

AHS has been one of my favorite television shows because first of all, I am a huge horror story fan. And also, AHS has amazing casting and wonderful script. I can learn a lot of culture and history of America by watching AHS. It helps me get useful information about different cultures in different countries.

Let’s put aside the horror part of the TV series, I want to say something about the points that touched me hard in AHS. I will take season 3 for instance. The story is about the coven. A group of witches’descendant gathered in New Orleans from different places. A mysterious all-girls boarding school has opened in there to protect and house young women who carry this unique bloodline, and keep them from the dangers of the outside world. There is a supreme, who is the most powerful witch of their generation but no one knew who she was. They needed to find out who the one and only supreme is, and she will be the leader to lead other girls to strengthen the coven and fight against the enemies.

First, each season of AHS talks about LOVE. Maybe expressing in different ways, but I can exactly see love everywhere. In Season 3, witches love each other. Although they play tricks on each other to fight for the future leader, but when enemies come, they always care about others and fight together against the evil force. I can also see the love between the old supreme and her daughter, who is the teacher in witches’

school. They may have bad relationship due to many problems, but when daughter was blind someone with someone else's frame up, her mother is the first one rushing to the hospital, and the one that take care of her day after day.

Second, AHS is fighting for the equal rights. Each season talks about equality. In season 3, there is a character called Delphine LaLaurie. She hates black people, and likes torturing her black household slaves, and murdering them in cold blood. Her behave angered the voodoo (a Afro-American religion) queen, and the queen makes her became the immortal prisoner, buried underground over 300 years. United States was a country of immigrants, so racism is always mentioned through years. In history, black people are treated in a unfair way and always fighting for equal rights. As time goes by, The situation gets better but still needs improvement.

Not only the black people, there are many other kinds of people suffering from the unkind treatment such as women, homosexuals and disabled people. The world needs equality and we need to support the people who are fighting for equal rights.

This is my review of American Horror Story, I learn a lot of culture and history about America through it and I cannot wait to see the next season later this year.

2016.6.20

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Zhao Jianqiao