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Wednesday, September 3, 2008 12:00 AM

Vampires that don't suck

Alan Ball explains that the undead in his new HBO series don't just embody our deepest sexual yearnings -- they represent both gays and the Bush administration.

By Joy Press

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008 09:55 AM

I stand corrected!

Had no idea that something the creator himself describes as 'fun pulpiness' was to be compared favorably with the classics of Western Literature.

My snobbery is not based on the genre. As a teen I was enthralled with Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (no, not the one that starred Tom Cruise) as well as Mary Shelley's brilliant "Frankenstein". They are still on my bookshelf. Rod Serling did truly entertaining and insightful work. But the current crop of eye porn full of exploding heads, sex & blood, and contrived deus ex machina 'magical powers' just ain't my cup of tea. Sorry, but one man's snobbery is just another man's discriminating taste.

—BillyFla Read BillyFla's other letters

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