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Review: There’s lots of ‘Substance’ to ‘The Beauty’

The episode shows rapid, severe consequences of an anti-aging drug called "The Substance," depicting ethical issues that arise within three hours of its use.

  • In the latest episode, The Substance, episode four of FX's The Beauty, catalogs the horrors of aging-tampering in less than three hours.
  • The episode dramatizes ethical and horrific consequences of tampering with aging, featuring a corporate antagonist, The Corporation, played by Ashton Kutcher.
  • Casting choices such as Isabella Rossellini as Franny Forst and Ashton Kutcher as The Corporation anchor episode four of "The Beauty."
  • On FX and Hulu, the episode reaches broad audiences through wide distribution. The series airs on FX, streaming on Hulu, ensuring maximum exposure.
  • The show's premise of active tampering with aging marks an unusual concept, while ensemble performances foreground ethical and societal consequences in The Beauty .
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Review: There’s lots of ‘Substance’ to ‘The Beauty’

How far are people willing to go to become beautiful? This answers the question, but it also shows what happens when smart people don’t know how to say no.

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A serum to transform ugly physics into dream creatures mutated into sexually transmitted deadly virus. With "The Beauty", on Disney+ since January 22, Ryan Murphy signs a delusional satire bleeding satire against the cult of beauty. Explosive and fun!

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