As ‘Grotesquerie’ Uses Bloodshed to Wrestle With Religion and Politics, Its Cast Finds Refuge in the Sacred and Profane: ‘The Ryan Murphy Universe Is a Blessing’

While filming a series as grim as the new FX drama “Grotesquerie,” it helps to have someone like star Niecy Nash-Betts cut the tension once in a while. Otherwise, things can get dicey, spending all day filming bloodied bodies posed in perverted Biblical poses.

“There is that shock factor when you first walk in,” she said in an interview with Variety. “After that, you say, ‘I’ve got to tell some jokes to try to keep this crew up all day.’ After all, we’re going to be standing in all of this blood and guts for the next 12 hours.”

Although Nash-Betts has a gifted comedy voice, she’s playing

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