Patti LaBelle has serious drama chops. In the October 22 episode of "American Horrow Story: Freakshow," the legendary Patti LaBelle was introduced to the series as a maid to mother-son duo Gloria (Frances Conroy) and Dandy Mott (Finn Wittrock). And when you're a maid to a disturbed family, you are also bound to do some disturbing things.
Fans of the award-winning singer were shocked as to the extents LaBelle was willing to do to give life to her character in the series. Buzzfeed said in one scene, Gloria had asked Dora to wear a Woody Woodpecker costume for her eerie son's birthday party. When Gloria asked Dora to do the cartoon character's iconic laugh, Dora complied, albeit forced to do so.
TVLine said that later, Dandy had thrown a fit when his mother gave him a different costume for the approaching Halloween. Dora, in a bold move, dared Dandy to kill her.
It could be recalled that early in the season, Gloria had hired Twisty the clown killer (John Carroll Lynch) to amuse his son. When Dandy and Twisty met at an abandoned bus where the killer had hidden his latest victims, TVLine noted that Dandy appeared bored with him poking at the frightened victims.
Would this mean that Dandy will soon turn to the dark side? Will he actually kill off Dora?
Meanwhile, Lynch shared to the Los Angeles Times how he was attracted to the role of a scary clown killer. He said, "He described it in a way that I understood it to be somebody calling me up and going, ‘We'd like you to play my version of the Phantom of the Opera.'He said he wanted to create the most terrifying clown in the history of television."
Lynch added that there is actually a backstory to the seemingly two-dimensional character we have seen so far in the show. He explained, "It's great to play a character that is so starkly drawn, and it's really fun to be a bad guy. In this case I really like that Ryan and the writers have provided not only a really terrific, scary character, but also they provided a lot of humanity that you'll learn about as the season progresses."
Watch this space for more "AHS: Freakshow" spoilers.
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