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Last week, the co-chief of HBO stood in front of a throng of television critics raving about the premium network's latest success. Though previous landmark series were built on gangsters and urban fashionistas, the latest ratings coup for the hitmaker is built around … vampires.
It's not surprising that True Blood has been a boon to Time Warner's HBO. Since Bela Lugosi hit the screen as Dracula in 1931 these bloodsuckers have proven to be near-sure-fire moneymakers for Hollywood, tapped and retapped by producers looking to lure bodies into seats.In Pictures: Hollywood's 10 Most Powerful Vampires
"Vampires have become a substitute for fairy tales that adults couldn't tell themselves anymore," says William Patrick Day, professor of cinema and English at Oberlin College and author of Vampire Legends in Contemporary American Culture: What Becomes a Legend Most. "Vampires are dangerous and sexy and powerful and they have what humans want--immortality."
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"Dracula's been around longest, but Bill Compton, the southern, sweet bloodsucker from HBO's True Blood is the character resonating with audiences these days"
They haven't been paying attention... I like Bill, sure, but Eric is the man (oops, the vampire) running the show these days.
Someone ought to tell them to check their sources! :)
Sorry Bill lovers... I just can't stop praising Eric :)
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