A Taste For True Blood

Throughout the times, individuals have time and time again been enthralled with vampires. The eternal charm of creations similar to Bram Stoker’s Dracula, F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, and realistic tales regarding Vlad the Impaler, in addition to the recent hits of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series, Anne Rice’s Vampire Lestat epic, and films ranging from Fright Night to From Dusk ‘Til Dawn, are evidences to the popularity of vampires nowadays.

Perhaps it’s due to the mysterious nature of these fabled beings. Or possibly it’s due to the ominous conflict they have, being alive for ever but being removed of life since their transformation. Or perhaps it’s due to the reason that vampires symbolize matters that we all dreamt of at some instance: immortality, hypnosis, and other modes of strengths.

Regardless, it cannot be contradicted that vampires have forever been, and will always be, a significant part of popular society].

True Blood, the {latest TV program from Alan Ball – well known as the prized-winning novelist and director of modern day classics like American Beauty and Six Feet Under – attempts to milk the viewers’ fascination with vampires even more, notwithstanding, offering the well-known mythos under a whole new light.

To begin with, vampires are presented as a wronged group. They are not much marauders as they are preys. Vampires, in the world of True Blood, are representatives of minorities in the actual world. Having emerging in the open to “mainstream” with the population, vampires are regarded with fear by common folks. And as with each situation of prejudice, panic leads to abhorrence, and hatred brings about all forms of problem.

And then, disregard Angel-Buffy, Edward-Bella, and even the Dracula-Mina archetypical connection. The relationship between the program’s female lead, Sookie Stackhouse – played by Anna Paquin – and the program’s local vampire, Bill Compton – portrayed by Stephen Moyer – is truly one of a kinf. She can read minds. His brain can’t be perused. She considers him witty because of this. He finds her different because of her powers. All of these mixed leads to a story that can be as timeless as the most unforgettable pairings in movie and writing.

True Blood is not for children, with gratuitous handling of violence, sex and bareness to cover the image of a horrible world once the seemingly innocent New Orleans town is embraced by the darkness of the night. Shown on HBO, True Blood promises a TV encounter like no other.