The creator of Pinch/Tuck, Ryan Murphybelieves his FX series changed the way plastic surgery is discussed socially.
During an appearance at New York Comic Con on Oct. 11, Murphy, 60, told the audience that the show, which aired from 2003 to 2010 and featured the late Julien McMahon And Dylan Walshhelped encourage vocal transparency around surgical enhancements.
“One of my first big shows was a show called Pinch/Tuck it was about plastic surgery, and I was amazed at how taboo it was to talk about it,” Murphy said at the time, according to a report from People on Sunday, November 30. “People switched bodies, they went out in public and acted like nothing happened. That’s how we did it back then.”
The director, present at the event to promote his next series Beautycontinued, “Now I think people are flaunting it more and talking about it. It’s an evolution in a weird way.”
Pinch/Tuck was a drama series centered on two plastic surgeons, played by 62-year-old McMahon and Walsh. (McMahon died after a private battle with cancer in July. He was 56.)
The series covered a variety of plastic surgery procedures and won a Golden Globe Award in the Best Television Series Drama category in January 2005. It also won an Emmy Award in September 2004 for achievement in the Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup category.
Julian McMahon and Dylan Walsh
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesMurphy’s thoughts on Pinch/Tuck at Comic Con also reflected on the impact he believes the series has had on societal judgment regarding plastic surgery. “Every month that goes by, there seems to be less and less judgment about semaglutides and plastic surgery,” he told the crowd. “It’s kind of a new status symbol, in a weird way.” (According to the Mayo Clinic, semaglutide injections are “used to treat type 2 diabetes,” when used in conjunction with diet and exercise to “control your blood sugar.”)
In Murphy’s new TV series, premiering in January, physical appearances will once again be explored. Featured Ashton Kutcher, Evan Peters, Anthony Ramos And Jeremiah Popethe show is based on a comic book about an STD that promises physical improvement.
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A comic description shared by Image Comics, the creator of the original text, describes the online story as follows: “What if there was a way to guarantee that you could become more and more beautiful every day? What if it was a sexually transmitted disease? In the world of Beautyphysical perfection is attainable. The vast majority of the population has taken advantage of it, but Detectives Foster and Vaughn will soon discover that it comes at a terrible price.
Murphy said of the new project during his appearance at Comic Con: “It’s got some amazing action sequences. There’s a lot of body horror. There’s a great love story. There’s a great buddy comedy, and there’s a great villain.”
He continued: “There’s a really heightened genre combination, which is inherent in the source material, but it was a lot of fun working in that tone.”
