Summary
This is a slight departure for HBO which years ago attempted a fantasy-based series in "Carnivale," an apocalyptic meditation set during the Depression era. "True Blood" is sexier and scarier than anything the network has yet aired, and perhaps that's due to the blood/sex as metaphor that's always been in vampire fiction, as early as Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula."
Series creator Alan Ball ("Six Feet Under," "American Beauty") has devised a world not quite as real as it is hyper real with light fantastical overtones.See the full content of this document
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'True Blood': A 'Tasty' Alternative
Just when you thought the vampire - that age-old, worn convention - couldn't regenerate, here it comes aga...
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