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January 26, 2007: Got a Toothpick?
I found this week's Masters of Horror episode, The Washingtonians, to be one of the more creative and clever stories of both seasons. The premise reminded me a little bit of Ravenous, a cannibal movie of the confederacy kind, which I highly recommend if you like gruesome, moody and blackly comedic horror with a twist of historical drama. (It has a superbly unsettling musical score, too.) Of course, The Washingtonians was more of a political satire than a serious attempt at "rewriting history," but Ravenous truly made me feel like the events of the story could have possibly happened during harsh winters at "ye old valley forts."
At one point during Washingtonians, HHH (horror-hound-hubby) and I decided that we knew the exact wording used in the casting call for the show: "the oldest, creepiest looking actors money can buy." Some of those cast members were pretty frightening before the white makeup, powdered wigs and blood-drenched feasting. I can definitely understand why "Amy" always felt creeped out when visiting her grandparents in that town. Afraid of her own shadow, my butt! Those people were seriously "off."
I loved the "covert ops" FBI/CIA "cleanup" ending, which would have been the perfect way to conclude The Washingtonians. It was also cute when the delivery guy noticed that the family had all ordered vegetarian takeout. Unfortunately, the final "currency" left me with a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth and almost ruined what I would have considered a near-perfect slice of comedic-horror Americana.
Once the previews started for next week, I found it hard to believe that we're down to the last Masters of Horror Season 2 episode. It shaped up to be a bloody good season, and I really hope that I'll be back in this worldwide spot next year, blogging about Masters of Horror Season 3.
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Jan 29, 2007 12:15 AM
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Agreed on the ending. Weak.
Plus, I can't decide which of the two would be more shameful, Cannibal Washington or GWB.
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Jan 29, 2007 1:02 AM
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Great review Jeannine. I agree with the both of you, that ending was horrible, I see what they were trying to go for but, it was just...bad.
I also can't believe we're down to the end. I actually thought we had two episodes left and wish that we still did. Believe it or not, I was actually basing this info on the desktop wallpaper and not the actual episode guide. The containers on the desktop wallpaper all have episode titles on them, so I stupidly thought that they were updating the wallpaper weekly and adding the episode titles.  ">
Jeannine, have you heard word that there will indeed be a 3rd season of MoH? It would be great to know that Dexter and MoH will be back later this year.
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Jan 29, 2007 10:37 AM
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>>Agreed on the ending. Weak.
Plus, I can't decide which of the two would be more shameful, Cannibal Washington or GWB.
Posted by ARAMIS
I sure am glad I'm not alone in thinking the same thing!
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Jan 29, 2007 11:34 AM
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>>Jeannine, have you heard word that there will indeed be a 3rd season of MoH? It would be great to know that Dexter and MoH will be back later this year.
Posted by blueree
I haven't heard anything on MoH 3 being a certainty, but I'm with you on hopes for new seasons of BOTH Dexter and MoH next year. I loooove Dexter too.
As soon as I hear anything, I'll be sure to post it here!
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Jan 29, 2007 11:36 AM
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Thanks Jeannine, if I hear or read anything I'll do the same.
Great to know we won't have to worry about Dexter though, it'll definitely be back.
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Jan 29, 2007 12:04 PM
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I think the ending was cute.
The whole show was to make fun of the fact that Bush and his Crime Family (aka his administration who was Daddy's too) keep saying over and over that the Iraq war is just a "footnote" and that "history" will show that they were correct in this line of action in their phony "war on terror".
So I figured it was a dig at Bush based on that exact statement and showing that in reality.. History will be what they tell us it is...
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Jan 29, 2007 1:56 PM
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