Ahs and gay presentation

In pop culture, especially in film and television discourse, we meet characters that mean a lot to us. They have an immense power to shape and shift our minds and, often, change our views. We look up to them and cheer them on in their struggles presented in a film or a ser ies.

That character for me is Lana Winters portrayed by outstanding Sarah Paulson. That is the worst decision that Lana could make. The well-crafted character created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk is incredibly complex, multidimensional, and meticulously layered. Lana is one of them.

The role of the journalist that Paulson portrays creates a threat to the Briarcliff, much mismanaged by Sister Jude Martin Jessica Lange. The drip attached to Lana causes her to throw up when a naked woman is shown on the screen. Doctor Oliver Threadson Zachary Quinto goes even further and displays pictures of Wendy, who additionally goes missing.

Strapped in a white hospital stretcher, Sister Jude plugs the machine and shocks Lana time after another, applying higher strength each time. The scene is hard and incredibly emotional to watch. Sadly, that cruel, barbaric method is still used in some of the countries. The actress manifested her highest acting skills when it comes to that particular scene.

She admitted that aftershocks we all saw on screen were her real, raw emotions in experiencing something so many homosexual people had to endure in the past. She has to fight tooth and nail to get out of Briarcliff Manor and regain some of her healthy, normal life.

In this case, Ryan Murphy reaches to the history and social discourse where self-induced abortions are a huge health risk for many women. Lana now has to struggle with an unwanted pregnancy and Threadson — who turns out to be a true Bloody Face killer. As you can see, the character portrayed by Paulson touches many issues that are still very relevant now — conversion therapies, homophobia, abortion, adoption, and abuse that occurred in asylums.

When Lana ultimately escapes the hell of Briarcliff Manor and Threadson, she decides not to stop the pregnancy and, instead, give a child a chance. After the journalist gives him up for adoption, Lana concentrates on transferring her brutal experiences on paper. We then take a journey to the future and meet her as a seventy-something accomplished, courageous journalist in a happy relationship with a woman.

This complex, multidimensional, difficult, and incredibly ambitious gay woman, who ahs and gay presentation her way with words, raised ahs and gay presentation questions that are not always easy. Some accused her of being an opportunist, and others said that the success went to her head.

Why did she pick a career over motherhood? Why was she so cold? Similar questions as above are something regular for almost every woman.

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I believe that Lana symbolizes many fundamental issues and showcases the complexity of a human being and the struggle of being a homosexual person in the 60s. Or so he says it in the finale. Source: FX Networks. Like Loading Leave a comment Cancel reply. Contact Podcast Activism.

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