Is anyone half as obsessed about HBO’s True Blood as I am?!? Oh my goodness, I LOVE that gosh darn show!!! I know, I know…A few of you can’t get into the blood and guts of it all, but if you can get passed the obvious turnoffs and things that naturally make us uneasy, the overall message of the show sticks out like a sore thumb.
In case you don’t watch, let’s fill you in right here and now. True Blood is about a young woman named Sookie who falls in love with a vampire named Bill. Sookie can read minds and this helps her navigate through danger as she and Bill face life-threatening moments throughout the series. That’s not even the half of what goes on, but basically Bill and Sookie are able to transcend the social boundaries of “human” and “vampire”; they help others regardless of who or what they are.
My best friend and I spend hours debriefing the show because it’s an obvious allegory for what’s going on today. Vampires want equal rights in this land of humans, and the radical humans will go through Hell and high water to make sure this doesn’t happen. But as we journey through the story lines, we realize that humans and vampires are much the same. And we’re coming to a point where humans and vampires have to come together to fight for a cause that’s bigger than their social prejudices. They must literally destroy evil. Oh my goodness, LOOOOVE IT!
What’s funny about the show is that in this point of the season, most of the townspeople have been possessed by the demonic energy and have been filled with “nothingness.” Last night Sookie read into her best friend’s brain and saw complete darkness, blank thoughts. This is also synonymous with today’s culture. If we, as a people, don’t wake up and stand for something, we’re just gonna fall for anything without so much as a second thought. Well, I’m not saying anything new. Our nation has already fallen into political propaganda and mainstream rigamaro, etc…our population has allowed itself to become lazy, stagnant, we can’t even pinpoint good entertainment anymore. We just sit and watch these disgustingly degrading reality shows, and think nothing of it. And we’re in such a massive consumer climate that we just want to want…and it’s not even for anything specific. In “True Blood,” the townspeople have become heathens; they are greedy and lustful beyond belief. It’s soooo flippin nutso crazy (lol) but honestly, completely fathomable for our real world at the rate we’re going. There will come a point in this life where as a global community, we’re going to be forced to come together for the greater good and expansion of ourselves. Times are changing and I hope we’re taking note…
So all in all, go get the boxed set for Kwanzaa! True Blood is LIKE THAT!
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