Source: FX [1]
In all the excitement we've had over Lady Gaga joining American Horror Story [2], we almost forgot that creator Ryan Murphy hadn't addressed the top hat clue [3] in Freak Show, which he said was "a big season 5 clue." (If you missed it, Emma Roberts's character reaches for a coffee cup with a top hat printed on it.) In the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, it appears that the top hat clue pointed to Lady Gaga [4] all along. Here's how.
- EW confirms that the top hat is a reference to the 1935 film Top Hat, which was set in a hotel — i.e., season five's theme/title: American Horror Story [5]: Hotel.
- The song "Cheek to Cheek" was written for the 1935 film, a song that Lady Gaga [6] sings with Tony Bennett on their duets album, which is also named Cheek to Cheek.
Mystery solved!
