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Physical perfection comes at a sickening price in a stylish adaptation of the comic book series written by Jeremy Haun and Jason A Hurley and illustrated by Ema Lupacchino. In a dystopian, image-obsessed future, billionaire Byron Forst (Ashton Kutcher) markets a wonder drug which guarantees physical beauty with a single injection. He neglects to fully disclose unfortunate side effects - recipients have a fever and slowly combust from the inside - and the drug mutates in the wild to become a sexually transmitted virus. FBI agents Cooper Madsen (Evan Peters) and Jordan Bennett (Rebecca Hall) investigate Forst and the Machiavellian CEO hires an enforcer (Anthony Ramos) to erase evidence of corporate malfeasance
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Jack Seale
Incredibly, here’s yet another drama series by the simply unstoppable Ryan Murphy, who can at least be sure that this one won’t be as poorly reviewed as his recent effort, All’s Fair.
We’re now dealing with Ozempic/Mounjaro culture via the medium of body horror: a series that was green-lit a few months after the release of the movie The Substance stars Ashton Kutcher as “the Corporation”, a grotesque parody of a capitalist whose route to riches is a drug that instantly makes the user physically attractive. When the chemical mutates and becomes sexually transmitted, it turns out that the side effects are a little problematic.
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rolenameCooper MadsenEvan PetersThe AssassinAnthony RamosAntonioAnthony RamosJeremyJeremy PopeByron ForstAshton KutcherThe CorporationAshton KutcherJordan Bennett (Post Beauty)Jess AlexanderFranny ForstIsabella RosselliniJeffersonRobert HarringtonJordan BennettRebecca HallDr. Diana StarlingAri GraynorRayRob Yang
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rolenameWriterMatthew HodgsonWriterRyan Murphy
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