American Horror Story: American Identity

American movies and television shows are making either an implicit or explicit argument about American identity, this is what attracts Americans to watch the movie or show. Since Americans are a combination of many different cultures and a combination of living, or growing up in different parts of the United States that have different ways of living and interacting, everyone has a different opinion on American Identity. Television writers and producers use all these different opinions and assumptions they have on American Identity to make movies and television shows that Americans can relate to and will enjoy watching. This is true for the recently popular television show “American Horror Story”. The entire television series of American Horror …show more content…
Each season has its own story line and each one deals with a different horror that most of Americans feel. Some of the topics of the seasons include murder, asylums, witches, freak shows, the supernatural, and paranormal activity. The show makes an argument about what scares specifically most Americans. The show incorporates some real-life evens that happened in American that scared most Americans in some way as well as twisting it and adding some realistic but fictional aspects to make an entertaining show and get the writers and producers point …show more content…
They use flashbacks to give the viewer more information about the past and play on more of the American fear. For example, throughout the first season which is titled “murder house” for obvious reasons, continuously uses flashbacks to show previous murders that have happened in the house when the new owners of the house have no clue that the person standing in the room with them had murdered someone in the house in the past. This gives the viewer insight on the past of the character and uses the fear that Americans have of an unknown murder happening in a newly bought, which is typically referred to part of the “American Dream”. Flashbacks are used in every season that has aired so far of American Horror Story to intensify the horror it is attempting to