Vampire Smackdown By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Stegall Moonlight Fridays on CBS, 9pm ET/PT “Dr. Feelgood” Written by Gabrielle Stanton & Harry Werksman Directed by Scott Lautenen Now this is vampire-as-sexual-predator with a vengeance. Moonlight takes the bit in its teeth and runs with it in the latest episode, with vampire Mick St. John tracking down both a new, out-of-control vampire and the older vampire who created him all unawares. This episode has the most nakedly obvious metaphor of vampirism-as-sexual-disease yet; the AIDS metaphors practically jump off the screen into our faces. Our theme is transformation with a capital “T”, masterfully…
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Moonlight: “Fever”
A Delicate Flower By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Stegall Moonlight Fridays on CBS, 9pm ET/PT “Fever” Written by Jill Blotevogel Directed by Frederick E.O. Toye I don’t know if it’s a sign of decadence or maturity that we’ve turned the vampire from a blood-drinking demon into the very avatar of sensuality. Is it the association with blood? With superhuman strength? With night? Whatever it is, the vampires on Moonlight are about as far from the half-decayed corpses of early Gothic novels as it is possible to get. These are the prettiest vampires on the planet, excepting only Spike from Buffy…