First AHS Review In: Episode #1 praised, but Gaga noted as weak point

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The title made this review sound so much worse than what it is. He complimented her for her visuals, but added that acting isn't her strongest point. Idk, but I wasn't expecting to be blown away by her acting. We'll just have to wait and see for ourselves.

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@Katie14

 

Oh that's their name! I feel bad for them. Everyone (including me) disagreed so vehemently. Oop. She is avenged! 

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All of you freaking out because of a single review after the premiere. Wait until Wednesday and learn to make up your own opinions. 

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Why do y'all care what critics have to say, I don't understand. 

Some of you b---hy people wanting Gaga to do badly
Tragic

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Regardless this is just a SAN FRANCISCO TIMES, i'm not too worried.

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I'm not even going to bother asking for receipts. :)

Receipts : me myself and i  

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Why do y'all care what critics have to say, I don't understand. 

Some of you b---hy people wanting Gaga to do badly
Tragic

Because critics can do a lot of harm? Werent you here after ARTPOP? lol

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The title change

Should've capitalized SLAMMED instead

 

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Bobby better have delivered a several cakes over at the LATIMES, NYP, NYT, etc offices

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poor gaga

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Imagine the Langue fans if they get a hold of this  

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Full review if you can't see it:

THERE ARE SPOILERS SO I WON'T PUT IN OP! read at own risk!

The denizens of the Hotel Cortez are, to paraphrase the inevitable Eagles song you’ll hear at the end of Wednesday’s “American Horror Story: Hotel” premiere, are all just prisoners there of their own device.

The fifth installment of the hit FX anthology series drips with atmosphere, mystique, murder, vampirism, kinky s-x and Lady Gaga, who joins the ensemble cast this year as The Countess. As in the four previous installments, creators Brad Falchuk and Ryan Murphy celebrate social outcasts who turn the tables on so-called normalcy whenever they get the chance.

The premiere episode begins with the arrival of a pair of pretty Swedish teenagers who immediately regret having made reservations at the Cortez, an eerily lifeless, faded art deco palace from another time. They want to cancel, but are informed by the gruff desk clerk Iris (Kathy Bates) that there are no refunds.

“Welcome to America,” she hisses.

One by one, we meet some of the permanent residents of the Cortez, including Liz Taylor (Denis O’Hare),a bald drag queen whose eye makeup mimics that of the real Elizabeth in “Cleopatra”; Donovan (Matt Bomer), a d--g addict with voracious s-xual appetites; Hypodermic Sally (Sarah Paulson), a demented veteran hooker with unique appetites of her own; and the Countess (Lady Gaga), who plays the ringmistress of the circus of s-x and d--gs.

Things happen in the hotel, especially in Room 64, and detective John Lowe (Wes Bentley) is sent to investigate. He seems to know his way around the hotel and Room 64 in particular.

Lowe is a straight arrow, but he works hard to keep it together. Five years earlier, something happened that threatened to shatter the picture of familial perfection in his marriage to Alex (Chloe Sevigny). He’s still haunted by the past and is especially protective of his daughter Scarlett (Shree Grace Crooks).

Meanwhile, the Countess, Sally and Donovan continue using the Cortez as their own personal playpen, with lots of toys, lots of group s-x, and a place to take advantage of those who think they can disappear from their normal lives for a while and indulge themselves in bad behavior.

It never turns out all that well, of course. We won’t spoil it, but let’s just say the hotel’s room service isn’t quite what guests are expecting.

And then one day, the residents learn the hotel has been sold to Will Drake (Cheyenne Jackson) and they all worry they’ll be cast out on the street and their party of depravity will come to an end.

The cast is mostly terrific, of course, including Mare Winningham as an unhinged hotel maid. The exception, unfortunately, is Lady Gaga. Don’t get me wrong: She makes an enormous visual impact but the minute she opens her mouth to deliver a line, it’s obvious acting just isn’t one of her many talents. That may be one of the reasons that the first half of the premiere episode has so little dialogue, you may occasionally wonder if you’re watching a silent movie.

Several members of past “AHS” ensembles don’t appear until later episodes, including Angela Bassett as Ramona Royale, Finn Wittrock as Tristan Duffy, Lily Rabe as Aileen Wuornos, and Evan Peters as Mr. March. The most notable absentee from the first four seasons is Jessica Lange, who opted against a fifth year. Other cast members scheduled for future episodes include Darren Criss, Max Greenfield, Naomi Campbell and Madchen Amick.

Although there may be variations in the cast from year to year, setting plays an even more important role in distinguishing one “Horror Story” season from another. So far, the semi-comic grand guignol melodrama has been set in a haunted house, an asylum, a coven and a freak show. On paper, at least, the notion of a hotel offers Murphy and Falchuk an especially wide playing field, since any number of guests can easily check in.

Checking out, of course, may be an entirely different matter altogether, but that’s where the fun begins.

He literally said one bad thing. I like her voice so maybe it is just him.

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*heavy breathing* 

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Imagine the Langue fans if they get a hold of this  

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Let's keep an open mind going into Wednesday  The more we focus on what's said in the reviews the more it can sway us even before making up our own minds  

This exactly. It's so easy to let these types of things to stay in the mind and cloud perspective. I'm not saying there's no chance of her being genuinely bad, but there's also a chance of her being ok and not that bad.