outcasts

Ryan Murphy has become one of Hollywood’s most prolific producers, largely by turning narcissists, outcasts and murderers into must-see TV.

“He really has a soft spot for people that are just shunned from society, that are outcasts, that are told that they’re not allowed a seat at the table,” says Faist.

Bringing a sense of epic scale to a tale of grease-stained outcasts, Nichols captures something essential about the paradoxes of the rebellious heart.

Beatniks, bikers, gear heads, voyeurs, outcasts and rebels — all had a place in Corman’s world, on both sides of the screen.

Often deemed lowbrow, unserious and too commercial, a wider acceptance of magic mushrooms and ketamine among some pockets of the country also means that the art is no longer reserved for outcasts and hippies.