According to Aubrey Sitterson, "From the very beginning of True Blood, the show’s creators have made frequent efforts to have the vampires’ struggle for equal rights mirror that of gay people in the real world. In fact, every episode of the show features at least one link, in the form of the sign seen in the opening credits sequence that states, 'GOD HATES FANGS.' This is, of course, a reference to Fred Phelps and his disgustingly anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church."
But he asks, Do you think that True Blood should do a better job developing their blatant metaphor and finding something to say about it? Is that expecting too much from what is ultimately a sensationalistic genre program? Or, do you think that we’re reading too much into the parallels contained within the series?
What do you think?
But he asks, Do you think that True Blood should do a better job developing their blatant metaphor and finding something to say about it? Is that expecting too much from what is ultimately a sensationalistic genre program? Or, do you think that we’re reading too much into the parallels contained within the series?
What do you think?
