October 2009
“Here’s the thing: love it or loathe it, the current vampire craze — right along with werewolves and zombies, et al — reminds us of one fascinating truism: We are, apparently, at a creative standstill, stuck deep in an imaginative black hole. It would seem no one has been able to invent a new mythology for the modern age, some deeply intriguing, hotly sexed-up monster designed to titillate our imaginations even as s/he speaks to modern issues and social conundrums, of revolution and change, love and death, meat and moan.”
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Let the vampire backlash begin! / Why do we keep regurgitating the same old bloodsuckers?
God I love Mark Morford.
look, I get it.
you’re a skinny cute white girl in a pretty dress sitting/standing/lying in a grass field/forest clearing who knows how to apply vintage/faded/cross processing effects in photoshop. can we move on now?
