My favorite new show this fall is "Scream Queens." I am, strictly speaking, not a fan of horror movies. Unless it involves the hi jinks of Abbott & Costello. Or the Bowery Boys. (I am seriously dating myself here...I feel compelled to clarify that I saw those movies on TV, not when they originally premiered on the big screen.)
I was only able to watch one season of "American Horror Story" and a couple of seasons of "True Blood." Too much mayhem and blood and creepy stuff for me. So when Kate and Tyler told me that I HAD to watch "Scream Queens," I acquiesced (caved) and said I'd watch one episode, just to get them off my back.
Oh.my.gosh. It is so inappropriately funny I can't stand it. I cannot believe some of the phrases that are allowed to be uttered on prime time television. It's "Mean Girls" + "Clueless" + "Glee" + "American Horror" + "Porky's" + "Animal House." It all adds up to a highly campy, over-the-top murder mystery, with never-ending plot twists and turns and extremely clever/cutting dialogue.
Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, who are the geniuses behind "Glee," "American Horror," and "Nip Tuck," have taken elements of their past triumphs and blended them into a crazy hour of smack downs, faux fur fashion shows, oddball and stereotyped characters/ It's magic in HD. Another show (a la "Glee") during which no societal group is spared, lampooning left, right and center.
And can we talk about cultural relevance? Quite regularly, the writers reference on-trend topics that are HILARIOUS. On the episode, "Chaneloween," I immediately knew what they were parodying; my kids didn't. How hip am I? I will be reminding them of that moment for years to come. Or until I forget that it happened.
I think one of the reasons I find it so funny is because it is SO over the top. Dialed down a notch or two it would be tasteless and one or two toes over the line as offensive. There are quite a few sexual innuendos, but they're done in such an unabashed, unapologetic way that's you can't help but laugh.
It doesn't hurt that Jamie Lee Curtis is one of the leads in the show. She's a "Scream Queen" in her own right and she's great. Emma Roberts is perfect as Chanel, and her minions, Chanel #s One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six include Abigail Breslin and Lea Michele and Ariana Grande. Add in an always funny Niecy Nash and Nick Jonas and it's a surprisingly well blended cast.
My favorite character, however, is Chad Radwell (Glen Powell). He's a member of the Dickie Dollar Scholars fraternity and he is a swell compilation of several fraternity boys I knew in college. Prepped out to the max, fabulously rich and completely ego-centric. I can't wait to hear what's going to come out of his mouth, once he's removed his permanently placed silver spoon.
Yes. It's mindless TV. But I don't care. Plus, how am I ever going to find out who the Red Devil Killer is if I don't keep watching?
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