"At this point, you know what you're going to get with Ryan Murphy. The TV icon may have started out with acclaimed shows like Nip/Tuck, Glee, and American Horror Story, but now he's become synonymous with a certain kind of campy, unrealistic, glitzy drama that often recruits its actors from celebrity magazines. From The Politician to Grostesquerie to the fascinatingly watchable (and terrible) All's Fair, a "Ryan Murphy show" is now a subgenre in and of itself."
"But not everyone got that memo. There are classic Ryan Murphy performances in the trailer alone from Bella Hadid, Ashton Kutcher, Anthony Ramos, and even Isabella Rossellini, who knows something about magically-restored beauty from a previous movie in her career. The supporting cast includes Lux Pascal (Pedro Pascal's sister), Meghan Trainor, and Vincent D'Onofrio, so it's an eclectic group to say the least."
Ryan Murphy adapts his trademark campy, glitzy sensibility to science fiction with The Beauty, a series built around a sexually transmitted condition that transforms bodies into physical perfection. The premise pairs a cosmetic-transformation concept with a central murder mystery led by detectives played by Evan Peters and Rebecca Hall. The show blends extravagant dialogue and over-the-top performances from a diverse cast including Bella Hadid, Ashton Kutcher, Anthony Ramos, Isabella Rossellini, Lux Pascal, Meghan Trainor, and Vincent D'Onofrio. The series echoes earlier perfection-procedure stories like Netflix's Uglies (2024) while emphasizing frothy, stylized drama rather than gritty realism.
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