...DISTURBING SCENES OF MANSON STRAPPED TO A SADOMASOCHISTIC ORTHODONTIC CONTRAPTION THAT RECALLS THE HORRIFICALLY MACABRE MILIEUS OF AUSTRIAN PAINTER GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN.


www.theasc.com | 01. April 2003

"The Beautiful People" presents Manson as a ghostly, 13’- tall dictator in Fascist garb, flanked by equally tall obsidian angels as he rules over saluting citizens who gaze upon him with blank, hollow-eyed stares. Intercut with these shots are equally disturbing scenes of Manson strapped to a sadomasochistic orthodontic contraption that recalls the horrifically macabre milieus of Austrian painter Gottfried Helnwein.

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