Monday, July 25, 2011

Get Ready: HBO's True Blood Made a FOX "News" Joke

At least Eric doesn't prounce her name, "Sook-eh."
Image from source, Rolling Stone
 
. . .And you can bet that some conservatives are going to freak out about it. I don't care. I laughed out loud, which is something that rarely happens when I watch television. In fact, the last time was when--on last week's True Blood--Eric Northman ate Sookie's fairy godmother.

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'True Blood' Recap: Sookie and Eric Get Closer, the Witches Get More Powerful and It's Time for a Vampire History Lesson
 
 . . .With plan A a bust, Bill turns to plan B: Recruit the four remaining sheriffs of the Louisiana area to his home for a strategy session, where we finally get the history lesson that explains who Marnie's goddess is: a 17th century Spanish sorceress named Antonia, who was burned at the stake and used necromancy to pull all vampires within 20 miles into the daylight, including priests and nuns. "Vampires have often found it advantageous to maintain a hidden presence in humanity's most powerful institutions," Bill explains. "In the 1600s that was the Catholic church. Today, as you all know, it's Google and Fox News." Despite the heavy desire to wage war, Bill upholds the Authority's mandate that any spilled mortal blood results in the true death. The devil is indeed in the details. . .

Read more at: Rolling Stone

1 comment:

  1. I also laughed at that joke, although I think Bill should've included Facebook in the list. Their policies and business practices make much more sense if there are vampires at the helm.

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