You know an actress is great when you watch her in one show and love her, then see her in something else and hate her.

- He learn you to read?
- He taught me, yes.
- ...
- ...

This was the beginning and makings of a modern day "karen".

This woman is a perfect example of something you see in real life; someone could be 'cordial' and even not explicitly violent and yet a despicable human being.

Saw Sarah Paulson in this: fucking hated her
Saw her in AHS: Loved her
That is the sign of a very good actress.

It’s amazing how her tone of voice and eyes alone have such range and yet her face is completely devoid of expression simultaneously, which is exactly what this character demands. It’s incredibly difficult to act just with your voice and your eyes.

The way he talks gives him away.
"I have no understanding of the written text."

I really loved how when Mistress Epps asked Platt about where he was from, you first think she is just interested in knowing something about him. But as the conversation unfolds, you realize that her agenda for starting the conversation is to cruelly remind him that he is nothing special. He's a slave just like every one else. He has no rights. And to believe he does or to let up on the fact that he is actually intelligent can get him in serious trouble. An educated slave is a dead slave. Period. Platt did the right thing not telling her the truth when she asked. He'd be dead if he had.

This woman is a chameleon. She can play any role flawlessly.

I can't sit through a film like this.  I'm physically sick at the way people treated people.  Breaks my heart at the families destroyed by such acts. Blaming all living European Americans for slavery in the past. Is blaming all living Japanese Americans for Pearl Harbor and World War II.

Sarah has done her job well. She made you hate her character but not her acting. I love Sarah.

Her acting, her glance, at 0:12, is subtle and speaks volumes. In that one second you see the realization in her face that he can read, the glance from him to the note to him as she takes in the situation, the alarm-fear-anger that this slave will not "know his place", the calm, icy aristocratic determination that she will put him in his place, her slyly testing him, and finally letting him know that she knows the truth, a truth which must never be revealed or spoken of, not even to her. Amazing.

"He learn you to read?"
"...correct grammar is 'teach', mam."

LASHING INTENSIFIES

"I assure you, madame, as the unlettered man I am, the written word is utterly beyond my comprehension, but for a smattering here and there. Now, I shall be on my way to see to these errands. Good day to you." 🧐🎩👌

Best part about this scene is that you can totally see how she's left the room to justify her inquiry in her mind. She can sleep soundly thinking that she was just gently warning him, without realizing the horror of living a life where just glancing at a piece of paper with understanding represented a threat to the establishment.

She was absolutely perfect here. That stone cold look on her face was amazing. She actually convinces you at first she asks Solomon about his origins out of curiosity only to turn it in to a cruel reminder.

In our English class we analyzed slave owner’s wives and the treatment that those wives put upon the slaves. It’s funny because women weren’t treated very well during that time either, so a lot of times the oppressed became the oppressor, when given the chance.

WOW, Sarah Paulson's range is just incredible!  To see her here as a cold and cruel "mistress" and compare it to her hilarious persona on talk shows just shows what an amazingly talented actress she is.

Sarah Paulson slayed this role. Such an underrated actress. She needs to do more films.

I would've liked to have seen her nominated for an Oscar with Lupita N'yongo.

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