Bloodless
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- June
- 17
Am I the only one who finds HBO’s vampire series “True Blood” somewhat, well, bloodless in the passion department? The show, now in its second season, is known for its sex and violence. And yet, the profusion of sex and violence makes it decidedly lacking in eroticism.The series does have some nice touches this year — Sookie going through her late grandmother’s possessions; Jason taking up with what appears to be a Christian cult; Tara seduced by what appears to be an ancient Greco-Roman cult (the point being a cult is a cult is a cult). Then there’s a torture device that involves some lowlifes turning a wheel endlessly in a fetid basement that seems perfect for Dante’s Inferno.
Plus, I’m looking forward to Alexander Skarsgaard reprising his role as Eric, the Viking vamp who lusts after Sookie (Anna Paquin). When it comes to vampires, he’s more my type than Bill (Stephen Moyer), Sookie’s beau.
As for Sookie and Bill, I preferred their relationship when it was in the courting stage. Eroticisim is about the tension between the concealed and the revealed. (Think of all those Renaissance nudes.) Now that everything’s been revealed, there’s no erotic tension. That’s why I have some hope for “The Vampire Diaries,” the CW’s “Twilight”-y fall series.
In the meantime, I’ve gotten more of a thrill watching Michael Sheen’s grimy rebel werewolf in “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.” Can’t wait to see what he does with the vampire leader Aro in in the “Twilight” sequel, “New Moon.”
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on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 at 4:09 pm by Georgette Gouveia.
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