When I read the Witches of Eastwick I did not think, hey Updike's really breaking free from his usual misogyny. I am quite surprised that was his intention there. Good...try?
Yesterday, a commercial for this show advertised it as "Sex and the City in Salem!" which to me is sort of like saying "It's like Hocus Pocus, but shitty!"
I didn't hate this movie, but it wasn't overly memorable either. I understand that it has the potential for that technicolor quirkiness that's become popular a la Pushing Daisies and such, but again I'd love it if television was either a bit more original OR if they resurrected really good shows that were canceled unexpectedly, not because they were bad shows, but because they just couldn't get a good foothold. Case and Point...Kindred: The Embraced. I adored that show, and it has everything popular right now. Vampires...check. Good story...check. Was a Fox cult fave right around the time of 90210 popularity and Melrose Place...check, check. It was possibly a little before its time when it aired in 1996. Who cared about dusty vampires and their family clans then, right? But we do now. So it's kinda already primed for a Fox show reboot. Sad thing about Mark Frankel who played Julian Luna, though. But if done right it could be Brill, and if there's one thing Fox doesn't have right now it's a vampire show, especially a good one with layers.
His list of known conquests are all very vanilla-sounding: a choir teacher, an heiress, a single (now married) woman, and a fellow church member. I hardly categorize this as adventurous.
@BeccaSaurus Rex: In 1970's New England? When marriage meant the beginning of people's sexual adventures, not the end ? When said ladies were full of Miltowns and Valium, smoking weed and reading Fear of Flying and the Joy of Sex, voting McGovern and going to est weekends? When everyone knew each other in those small towns? I wouldn't judge a vanilla book by that cover. I must say before AIDS - ( ah my halcyon high school days ) , there was truly a lot more sport fucking of all kinds. The following generations are amazingly prudish in comparison.
I will never forgive my English professor for making us read one of the "Rabbit" books. So awful I nearly used it as kindling, and a bizarre choice for eighteen year olds. Guess the professor wanted to read it. Updike's male characters liked to have mid-life crises. I believe in his last book one of them made out with a thirteen year old. I don't like to say that pedophilia was of interest to the man since he's not here to defend himself but...yuck.
@Smitros: Sorry, when it comes to ass tapping, I fail to snark. You can tap enough maple syrup, and you can tap enough dance, but you can never tap enough ass.
Is that a photograph of Updike's post-funeral get-together ? If it is, the ghost of Updike surely appreciated that it resembles a swinging '70s key party.
@Smitros: I dunno. Salman Rushdie scored Padma. The library lady, the kids' choir teacher, and some guy's ex-wife? That sounds like shooting fish in a barrel in a bored New England town.
@Nic Fit: Wait, I thought we were all virgins. We're not all virgins? Oh, um, same here. I hump lots of ladies in their lady parts with my boy parts. I get so tired from all the humping that I need to take a nap in my satin pajamas on my champange glass bed.
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We can't even get our racism right these days!
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I don't like to say that pedophilia was of interest to the man since he's not here to defend himself but...yuck.
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You're implying that Updike was a pedophile because he had a character in one of his books who did something disgusting.
But because he's dead, you'll just mention it, while pretending you're too classy to mention it.
Wow.
Some people should stick to watching TV.
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But how am I supposed to snicker at a comment like that?
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I'm not sure about the maple syrup part. It's amazing how much sap you need to start with.
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Ha!
I meant sword=peen, but there are plenty of other good synonyms out there for the male organ of generation.
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A brilliant beginning of a presumably long list.
Yes, long.
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You might be taking my comment more seriously than I am (which is kind of flattering).
Then again, I don't know much about New England or South Asian diasporic culture.
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Just had to, since it dovetails so nicely with Smitros' brilliant thread-starter.
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You're alive! Good.
You may have to compare prices with the back pages of the Voice.
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When do we as a culture grow out of this habit? It almost makes me wish for another Britney or Paris vadge flash.
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Smoove? Is that you?
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