"They call it ‘Le Grand Guignol’—the Great Puppet Show. A theater of horrors where the audience pays to watch the gutting of a man for their own amusement. But tell me, brother... tell me, sister... who here is holding the strings?
: This piece references the 1919 flashbacks where Rebekah and Marcel summoned Mikael to New Orleans, ending the family's "Golden Age" in the city. [S1E15] Le Grand Guignol
The curtain is up. The secret is out. And now, I think it’s time we showed this city what a real horror story looks like." Context and Themes "They call it ‘Le Grand Guignol’—the Great Puppet Show