Is Ratched a bad show?

Is Ratched a bad show?

NPR's Linda Holmes wrote: “Ratched is beautiful, but it's really bad. The messy eight-episode first season of the Netflix horror thriller… ... As a story, it is nonsensical, self-indulgent, and unsuccessful at saying anything about Ratched herself except something along the lines of 'people do the darndest things.

Is Nurse Ratched bad?

Ratched is a gruesome origins story featuring a diabolical performance from Sarah Paulson. But, says critic Luke Buckmaster, the entire premise of the show is wrong—because Nurse Ratched was never a villain.

Was Ratched a success?

Ratched has evidently proved a hit for Netflix, and arguably the biggest success to come out of its US$300 million production deal with American Horror Story and Glee creator Ryan Murphy.

What is Nurse Ratched backstory?

After graduating from college, Kesey worked as a night orderly on the psychiatric ward of the Menlo Park Veterans' Hospital in California. The character of Mildred Ratched, the cruel and tyrannical nurse who oversees the fictional ward, was inspired by the real head nurse on the ward where Kesey worked.

Is Nurse Ratched a sociopath?

Nurse Ratched was a classic sociopath. I think that's the most frightening part. She was in a position of authority and control but did not look out for anyone's best interest but her own. McMurphy was a free man at one point (according to the other doctors on staff) but Ratched vetoed their plan to release him.

How many viewers does Ratched have?

48 million viewers Ryan Murphy's new lesbian thriller Ratched just made a huge global achievement. Netflix announced Friday that the show's first season has been streamed by 48 million viewers in 28 days, making it the platform's most viewed debut of their original shows in 2020.

Is Ratched on Netflix yet?

Ratched season 2 has been confirmed by Netflix! We all love a good origin story, and now we're all well versed in Nurse Mildred Ratched of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, thanks to Ryan Murphy and Evan Romansky.

Why was Mildred Ratched not given a history?

• This was probably a doomed project from the start, because Mildred Ratched doesn't need a history and can't be given one without breaking the character's purpose. In Cuckoo's Nest, she is the pitiless and relentless face of the institution and the state.

Who is the actress that plays Mildred in Ratched?

• Sarah Paulson plays Mildred Ratched in the Netflix series Ratched . Sarah Paulson plays Mildred Ratched in the Netflix series Ratched. Ratched is beautiful, but it's really bad.

Why did Mildred want to kill Edmund in Ratched?

• With TV Reboots In Mildred’s mind, she is saving Edmund from being tortured to death, but he had been expecting his sister to come up with a daring escape plan and feels profoundly betrayed by her intention of killing him.

Is the movie Ratched good to look at?

• Created by megaproducer Ryan Murphy and newcomer Evan Romansky, Ratched succeeds as a compendium of stunning images, but that's about it. As a story, it is nonsensical, self-indulgent and unsuccessful at saying anything about Ratched herself except something along the lines of "people do the darnedest things."