Cynthia Nixon, Finn Wittrock, and Cast on Ratched's Strong and Queer Women
Ratched sure does love its food metaphors — a peach, oysters, and the nutritional value of bologna figure prominently. An origin story for the sadistic Nurse Ratched from the Best Picture Oscar-winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the eight-part Netflix series from Ryan Murphy and Evan Romansky stars Sarah Paulson as the mysterious Mildred Ratched.A nod to Hollywood genre films of the era (the years just following World War II), Ratched, with its saturated tones and Classical Hollywood split-screen action, is equal measures noir, horror, and melodrama.
