'American Horror Story: Cult' episode re-edited in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting
The scene "portrays an occurrence of gun violence that has sadly become all too common in our country."
The scene "portrays an occurrence of gun violence that has sadly become all too common in our country."
FX has issued a statement regarding Tuesday night's episode of American Horror Story: Cult, which was re-edited in light of last week's .
The original cut of the episode, titled "Mid-Western Assassin," opened with graphic imagery of a fictional mass shooting. While the shooting will still take place in the final episode, Ryan Murphy made the decision to to keep it largely off-camera. Given the close alignment with real-life events, this feels like the right move.
"This opening, which was filmed two months ago and which portrays an occurrence of gun violence that has sadly become all too common in our country, contains a sequence that some viewers might find traumatic," FX Networks wrote in a statement.
This season of American Horror Story follows very recent events, taking the election of Donald Trump as a jumping off point for its atmosphere of mounting chaos and terror. You can read the network's response in full below.
"In light of the tragedy last week in Las Vegas, Ryan Murphy and the producers of American Horror Story: Cult have chosen to make substantial edits to the opening scene of tomorrow night’s episode (Tuesday, October 10, 10 PM ET/PT). This opening, which was filmed two months ago and which portrays an occurrence of gun violence that has sadly become all too common in our country, contains a sequence that some viewers might find traumatic. Only the edited version of the episode will air on the FX linear channel, while the unedited version of the episode will be available on the VOD platform of your cable, satellite or telco provider, as well as on the FX Networks non-linear platforms, FXNOW and FX+.”