ahs freak show was set in 1952.
ahs freak show was set in 1952.
what year was ahs freak show set in?
1952
elsa mars (portrayed by jessica lange) is a german expatriate who manages one of the last remaining freak shows in jupiter, florida in 1952. for 20 years, she rescued her performers from the streets or being shipped away to asylums and became their legal guardian. prior to coming to america after world war ii, elsa was a dominatrix at a brothel in berlin before she was drugged for a snuff film where she was mutilated into a bilateral below-the-knee amputee when her legs were cut off by hans grüper with a chainsaw. elsa later received prosthetic legs made by massimo dolcefino, working as a cabaret performer and chanteuse in germany. after immigrating to america, she begins singing at a carnival. she realizes how badly the freaks are treated, and decides to start her own "family" of freaks. she later becomes crazed with jealousy and anger, killing ethel and seriously injuring paul, her secret lover. after salty dies, elsa returns pepper to her sister, and then sells the freak show to the traveling salesman and amateur magician chester creb in preparation for her hollywood future—not realizing that he is mentally ill and hiding a criminal past. when maggie and desiree bring her the preserved corpse of ma petite, she executes dell for his crimes against the freak show before turning the freaks on stanley. elsa later flees when bette and dot tell her the other freaks are plotting to kill her to atone for ethel's murder, selling the freak show to dandy in order to procure $10,000 for her getaway. when she arrives in hollywood, she is unable to meet with the president of a tv company until an altercation with his receptionist, leading her to meet michael beck, the company's junior vice-president of casting. the two eventually marry and elsa's variety show becomes a huge success. in 1960, however, the marriage falls apart as both elsa and michael cheat on one another and michael learns about the truth of her amputated legs—something which hedda hopper also learns, effectively ruining elsa's career. elsa also learns that her old lover, massimo dolcefino, is terminally ill with cancer and that the freaks are all dead. she decides to commit suicide by intentionally performing on halloween to summon edward mordrake to claim her. while mordrake does kill her, elsa ends up being sent to her own afterlife: a reincarnation of her freak show where she is reunited with the other dead freaks and is able to perform to the full house she always dreamed of. for her performance, lange was nominated for the golden globe award for best actress – miniseries or television film, the people's choice award for favorite sci-fi/fantasy tv actress, the dorian award for tv musical performance of the year, the saturn award for best actress on television, the critics' choice television award for best actress in a movie/miniseries, and the primetime emmy award for outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or a movie.
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