Vampires in the City of Angels By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Stegall Moonlight Fridays on CBS, 9pm ET/PT “No Such Thing as Vampires” Written by Trevor Munson and Ron Koslow Directed by Gerard Bocaccio and Rod Holcomb Well, of course you begin a pilot about a vampire with… an interview. How else would people know you’re honoring/ripping off Anne Rice? CBS’s Moonlight introduces Mick St. John (are you kidding me with this name?) as he poses in full-on GQ mode for his half of a TV interview, answering questions from an off-camera interviewer. In the first two minutes, we learn what distinguishes him…
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Moonlight: “Dr. Feelgood”
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…