Built as a satire, it is a combination of Gossip Girl and Scream, with each element very exaggerated (not very different from its two sources of inspiration actually). The fashion is very pink, the negative characters have almost no shred of goodness left, the stereotypes (American college ones especially) are what you'd expect them to be and then some.
With only a handful of likeable characters, each with their own limitations of course, the series has its occasional effective humorous effects, forgiving nothing, but the show would have worked better as a miniseries, as the many exaggerated exaggerations tend to make everything seem a bit dragged.
PS: Interesting to note a few cameos from Nick Jonas and Ariana Grande, who don't seem afraid to laugh at themselves.
Unsurprisingly, two of the show creators are Brad Falchuk and Ryan Murphy who also gave life to American Horror Story, Glee and Nip/Tuck.
With: Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele, Keke Palmer, Oliver Hudson
Creators/writers: Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan
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