{"id":5932,"date":"2015-09-30T14:11:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T18:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=5932"},"modified":"2015-09-30T14:26:38","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T18:26:38","slug":"review-scream-queens-s1-e3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2015\/09\/30\/review-scream-queens-s1-e3\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: ‘Scream Queens’ S1 E3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Dicky Dollar Scholars try to enact the “Ghetto Code” and take down the Red Devil.<\/p><\/div>\n

I spent the entire past week excited for the new episode of Scream Queens<\/em> and, thank God, episode three did not disappoint. This week\u2019s episode was slightly less bloody than the last, though no less hilarious, as this week was more plot-centric.<\/p>\n

After learning that Chanel Number Two\u2019s body is also now missing everyone in the Kappa house decides to take on the task of unmasking the red devil. It seems that everyone has a different theory on\u00a0who the devil is: Dean Munsch, Zeyday, Chanel Number One….<\/p>\n

It’s\u00a0still too early to make any real guesses. The writers are throwing in red herrings left and right, meaning everyone\u00a0remains a suspect. Once we start getting real clues we\u2019re going to realize that the Devil is someone we didn\u2019t think to suspect.<\/p>\n

Also, I like to imagine that the producers and writers already know who the devil is and they\u2019re just trying to throw us off the trail. Because I have faith in the producers and they likely wouldn’t put us through another Dan-is-Gossip-Girl or Cece-is-A situation. They just wouldn\u2019t do that to us. Right?<\/p>\n

But I digress.<\/p>\n

Though this episode did have marginally fewer deaths than last week\u2019s, that\u2019s not to say that there wasn\u2019t still gore. In fact, like last week, this week\u2019s two best scenes just so happened to also be the bloodiest scenes.<\/p>\n

The first scene is the murder of new mascot Coney. Dean Munsch decides that it\u2019s too risky to keep the school\u2019s red devil mascot while still holding her official stance that there is no serial killer. So, in an effort of town history preservation, she creates a new mascot, Coney the ice cream cone.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, just as Coney is starting to love his new job as mascot and ladies\u2019 man, the red devil cuts his mascot career short. Literally. He chops Coney in half with a chainsaw. While still dressed in his stolen ice cream costume. Poor Coney.<\/p>\n

The second scene might even be more ridiculous. After Chad decides that Boone was in fact murdered, he leads the rest of the Dickie Dollars in an act of retaliation against the red devil fueled by some “gym candy.”<\/p>\n

The Dickie Dollars, dressed all in white, armed with baseball bats, and backed by the angelic voices of the Backstreet Boys, take it to the streets in hopes that the devil will show himself.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, when the devil does appear the Dickie Dollars are surprised to find themselves face-to-face with, not one, but two red devils. Surprise!<\/p>\n

Unprepared and outmatched by the devils and their chainsaws the boys get brutally beaten. One of the boys even gets both his arms chopped off a la Monty Python and the Holy Grail<\/em> in a valiant effort to protect Chad. All while “Backstreet\u2019s Back” still plays in the background.<\/p>\n

Honestly, those two scenes probably would gross me out in any other situation. But the writers make everything so ridiculous that it\u2019s hard to take it seriously, even when there are body parts being chopped off with a chainsaw. It\u2019s the perfect mixture of disgusting and laughable that keeps you from having nightmares.<\/p>\n

In fact, we\u2019re only starting to get a taste of how ridiculous they\u2019re willing to be. The dialogue is so bizarre that I\u2019m still impressed how well the entire cast manages to make it seem realistic for their characters.<\/p>\n

Jamie Lee Curtis, as usual, pulls off the ridiculous dialogue, but the real stars of the episode were Lea Michele and Emma Roberts. Every time Hester \u2013 sorry, Chanel Number Six \u2013 called Chanel \u201cmommy,\u201d I wanted to cringe. I have no idea how Michele and Roberts managed to keep a straight face for even one take.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure that I\u2019ll continue to be pleasantly surprised by the acting as they start to use more of the insanely large cast. I’m having trouble waiting to see more of Billie Lourd, which seems promising now that there\u2019s some sort of flirtation going on between Number Three and pledge Sam.<\/p>\n

Also, for those of you who may still be wondering why Number Three is constantly wearing earmuffs \u2013 Lourd is Carrie Fisher\u2019s daughter and her earmuffs are her Leia buns. Get it? The writers are geniuses, I\u2019m telling you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I spent the entire past week excited for the new episode of Scream Queens and, thank God, episode three did not disappoint. This week\u2019s episode was slightly less bloody than the last, though no less hilarious, as this week was more plot-centric. After learning that Chanel Number Two\u2019s body is also now missing everyone in<\/p>\n

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