“I am Anne Frank” The Holocaust as American Horror Story (Pt. II)

In episode two of the “I am Anne Frank” storyline, Sister Jude persists in her investigation and contacts a Nazi hunter named Sam Goodman (Mark Margolis), who provides a historically accurate description of Project Paperclip, the American intelligence operation responsible for recruiting hundreds of ex-Nazi scientists into the national security state. Goodman relates how theContinue reading ““I am Anne Frank” The Holocaust as American Horror Story (Pt. II)”

“I am Anne Frank” The Holocaust as American Horror Story (Pt. 1)

FXs successful series American Horror Story (2011- ) (AHS) embeds its impressive ensemble cast in a different narrative each season, taking viewers on a journey through America’s aberrant obsessions and preternatural fears – murder houses, clowns, witches, serial killers, the ascension of Donald Trump and his followers, and most recently, the Apocalypse.  Showrunners Ryan MurphyContinue reading ““I am Anne Frank” The Holocaust as American Horror Story (Pt. 1)”