TIME Magazine takes aim at the Ryan Murphy Industrial Complex

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No creator has put more LGBTQ characters on TV than Ryan Murphy. His Aaron Hernandez show raises the question of why so many are killershttps://t.co/GBTnJtitI2
- TIME (@TIME) September 17, 2024
Spooky season is almost upon us, and as though current, real-world horrors weren't already enough, Ryan Murphy has decided to treat us to a double-whammy into

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[anthknee]

Besides Pose and American Crime Story (his?) I don't watch his shows anymore.
The Hollywood-fied sexualization of these characters is gross. They didn't need to make the brothers fit the generically attractive white male mold.

[sassandthecity]

Pose got infinitely better when Janet Mock fully took over. Then season 3 really was a mess.

[phililen3]

It's like we are going back in time with the "evil gays" thing. I definitely see him as reinforcing that through the types of shows he's been doing and the sensationalism of it all. He has so much money and influence, and this is what he chooses to do with it. But as long as people watch, this type of shit will keep getting made.

[alwayspolaris]

Yeah I think people keep giving him a pass because he's gay, but I've never seen a decent portrayal of a marginalized character from him. I'm fine with evil gay characters, but they're all predators/other damaging stereotypes. I made the mistake of watching Hollywood (didn't realize it was him) and the gay characters were all sex workers, pimps, johns, and rapists 😬

And I know it sounds weird because I love stuff like Rocky Horror and Hannibal (and they straight up eat people) but there's something about the banality of his evil gays that feels like a hate crime. They're not even fun!

[phililen3]

I'm thinking of Interview With The Vampire and how messy and horrible the queer characters are. I feel like even with the fantasy/horror/drama of it all, I find it a show I don't feel diminished by as a queer person.

Murphy is just taking us backwards. Pose was an anomaly and it's clear he has no desire to do anything that gives honest and real representation of us again. We are disposable. We are detestable. He has grown richer through that.

[alwayspolaris]

I feel like it helps that the evil gays in shows like IWTV can still be complex and loved by audiences. And yes totally agreed on all of this.

[aleksie]

Did this article mention Nip/Tuck?

Because I remember there were some really problematic portrayals of LGBTQ+

[pepsi_twist9]

I remember Peter Dinklage and the way they made a point that Julia was attracted to a little person on the show and then his character was so abruptly written out of gave me whiplash

[aleksie]

There were so many messy plots in Nip/Tuck :/

[my_moloko]

I never finished that show but I always remember a scene with a character putting on a super tight red dress and her gay bff fat shaming her.

[j3]

Ryan Murphy should’ve named his production company The Fetish Factory. There needs to be more LGBTQIA+ representation on the production side of things because Ryan Murphy’s brand of entertainment, with the exception of the OJ season of American Crime Story, is shocking for all the wrong reasons.

[trekkiepetrelli]

I hate his style and I hate what he’s done with real life cases. It’s repulsive