Vulture has the inside scoop about the next season of AHS, from Ryan Murphy.
Coven will be a massive witch-off: Salem vs. voodoo. "The witches of Salem, the smart ones, got out very early and they were none of the ones who were burned," Murphy explained. "They all gravitated toward New Orleans, where they now live, and every generation has a great witch who has the most powers of them all, and that's called the Supreme. Ms. Jessica Lange is the Supreme."There will be flashback scenes and a lot of power being used. Hopefully, this will come together. The season premier is on October 9th
"It really is about the witches of Salem pitted against voodoo witches," he continued. "It's been a centuries-long feud and it's up to Jessica Lange and Angela Bassett to mend the fence." (Bassett is playing Marie Laveau, "the voodoo queen of New Orleans" whose real-life reign lasted from the 1820s to the 1860s.) Obviously, expect things between the witches — and non-witches — to escalate quickly. "The witches are really sort of a great allegory and metaphor for any minority group that has been persecuted and has had to go underground and, finally, is like, 'You know what? Dammit, no. We're fighting back,' so that's what they do."
2 comments:
Lange AND Bassett?
Fan-freakin-tastic!
No witches were burned in Salem, historical fact. They were all hanged, died in prison from starvation or disease, and one was pressed to death. A board on his chest and rocks piled on.
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