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#kitty wilde

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The Complete Repertory Cast of American Horror Story

#american horror story

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Judy Garland Christmas Special (1963)

The Full show!

(torismelling)

#the tropes of Ryan Murphy #references to other media #glee

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Ryan Murphy in 2015

The episode of American Horror Story: Hotel that aired on October 21, 2015 was called “Mommy”.

The episode of Scream Queens that aired on November 10, 2015 was called “Mommie Dearest”.

Motherhood and its effects are hardly rare themes in fiction, but Murphy shows sure love demonstrating the dark side of nurturing mommies.

#gender #American Horror Story #AHS Hotel #Scream Queens

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Trope: little people dressing up as Christmas elves

the other elves who dance with Rachel, Kurt, and Santana in Glee 5x08

the little person who has a voiceover in the pilot of the New Normal mentions that this is her job for part of the year

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Reference: William McKinley

Glee: the high school is named after him (despite him being “A FAILED PRESIDENT”, in Sue’s words)

Scream Queens: Hester is selected to dress as Ida McKinley, William McKinley’s widow, for Halloween

#ryan murphy #scream queens #glee #tropes #political tropes

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Trope: Gender-Segregated Spaces

Women-only:

the Troubletones (Glee)

Kappa Kappa Tau sorority (Scream Queens)*

AHS: Coven: The covens of Fiona Goode and Marie Laveau are both spaces for (exclusively female) witches, who the male hunters try to murder.

Men-only:

Dalton Academy, including the Warblers (Glee)

Dickie Dollar Scholars (Scream Queens)

Duly Noted, the boys-only show choir Will creates in the series finale (Glee)

(*Boone tried to join KKT, and was kinda accepted by the president, but then his death got faked so.  it’s too soon to know what really happened there.)

Note: the sports teams at McKinley on Glee are not altogether segregated.  the Cheerios have guy cheerleaders, and the glee girls join the football team for one episode.  the wrestling team has Lauren Zizes, who had to sue the school to join.  Unique joins the hockey team for an episode.  the only sports team we’ve seen that doesn’t have an overlap, i think, is the basketball team.  Still, the sports teams are definitely binary-focused.

#ty #gender #cool people adding stuff

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Trope: Gender-Segregated Spaces

Women-only:

the Troubletones (Glee)

Kappa Kappa Tau sorority (Scream Queens)*

AHS: Coven: The covens of Fiona Goode and Marie Laveau are both spaces for (exclusively female) witches, who the male hunters try to murder.

Men-only:

Dalton Academy, including the Warblers (Glee)

Dickie Dollar Scholars (Scream Queens)

Duly Noted, the boys-only show choir Will creates in the series finale (Glee)

(*Boone tried to join KKT, and was kinda accepted by the president, but then his death got faked so.  it’s too soon to know what really happened there.)

Note: the sports teams at McKinley on Glee are not altogether segregated.  the Cheerios have guy cheerleaders, and the glee girls join the football team for one episode.  the wrestling team has Lauren Zizes, who had to sue the school to join.  Unique joins the hockey team for an episode.  the only sports team we’ve seen that doesn’t have an overlap, i think, is the basketball team.  Still, the sports teams are definitely binary-focused.

#ryan murphy #tropes #gender #glee #scream queens #american horror story #ahs coven

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Trope: makeovers

GLEE: -Kurt making over Rachel in 1x11 -Kurt and Mercedes making over Sue in 1x15 -Kurt and Isabelle making over Rachel in 4x03 -Blaine making over Sam in 4x03 -Artie making over Brittany in 4x03 -Unique making over Sue in 5x07

The New Normal -Bryce making over Nana in episode 15

Scream Queens -Chanel making over Hester in 1x03

#ryan murphy #tropes #glee #the new normal #scream queens

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Reference: Lord of the Rings

Glee: “Lindsay Lohan looks like something out of Lord of the Rings.”

Glee: Sue refers to Rachel as Frodo in 6x09

The New Normal: “I want you to watch the Hobbit with me.  And no stories about Ian McKellan.”

The New Normal: David’s “give us a kissssss”

#ryan murphy #tropes #references to other media #glee #the new normal

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Trope: Spin the Bottle

the New Directions play at the party in Glee 2x14

the girls of KKT play in Scream Queens 1x06

both instances bring up questions of sexuality; Blaine’s kiss with Rachel makes him wonder if it means anything, and Chanel #3 rigs the game so she can kiss and explore the feelings she has for Sam.

#ryan murphy #scream queens #glee #sex and sexuality

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Reference: Mary Todd Lincoln

Holly Holiday dresses up as her in Glee

in the New Normal, one of Shania’s classmates dresses up as her and gives a presentation on how she is an influential woman

Chanel tells Chanel #5 to dress up as her for Halloween

#ryan murphy #tropes #glee #the new normal #scream queens #mary todd lincoln

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Airmale - Yoko Ono

this background music appears twice in Glee (2x18 Born This Way, when Quinn discovers the poster Lauren put up of Lucy, and in 3x19 Promasaurus, when Rachel discovers the posters for Finn and Quinn’s campaign for prom king and queen), and in Scream Queens episode 2 (when Dean Munsch is walking to Kappa house at the beginning of the episode).

#ryan murphy #tropes #music #glee #scream queens

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Trope: voiceovers

Glee

Scream Queens

The New Normal

#ryan murphy #tropes #glee #scream queens #the new normal

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Tropes: Poor Sex Educations

GLEE: the entirety of 2x15 Sexy tbh

Scream Queens: “Idiot, you don’t get STDs from blood oaths, you get STDs from dirty toilet seats and drinking the water in Mexico.”

#ryan murphy #tropes #sex and sexuality #glee #scream queens

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Trope: ‘Celebrity‘ Bio Dads

Brittany S. Pierce and Stephen Hawking (Glee)

Sue’s baby Robin Sylvester and Michael Bolton* (Glee)

Chanel #3 and Charles Manson (Scream Queens)

*this is explicitly proven to be a false claim, but tbh we don’t have evidence of the others being true either.  at the very least, people claiming ‘celebrity’ bio dads is a trope.

#ryan murphy #tropes #characters #glee #scream queens

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Trope: Neckbraces

Neckbrace Cheerio background character (Glee, season 4 and 5)

Hester Ulrich (Scream Queens)

#ryan murphy #tropes #characters #glee #scream queens #disability and mental illness