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TV Discussion: Season 1 of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s American Horror Story (2011)
Girl Meets Context: After continuing problems with Netflix’s Streaming services ruined our attempt to watch The Howling, we decided to tackle something we’d both watched attentively last year: Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s FX series American Horror Story. The show is a new kind of horror anthology series, in which a story plays out over the … Continue reading »
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