Episode 31: Bad Medicine
Sometimes there is such a thing worse than being bad: it’s being nothing. And in this case, taking some interesting ideas and squandering them. Yes, we totally noticed you dropped that plotline there, move.
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Show Notes
“How did Dracula 2000 become our benchmark for quality?”
Sometimes there is such a thing worse than being bad: it’s being nothing. And in this case, taking some interesting ideas and squandering them. Yes, we totally noticed you dropped that plotline there, move.
Take BBC’s adaptation of Dracula back in 2006. Raiding the BBC period costume closet may seem like a good idea, but looking at a text and thinking, “You know what this needs? More men whining about their genitals” is most certainly not. And an even worse idea: make the whole thing boring.
Oh, and don’t google syphilis.
Episode Details
Title: Bad Medicine
Subject: Dracula (BBC 2006)
Release Date: 30/11/2017
Length: 01:05:04
Trigger/Other Warnings
- DON’T GOOGLE SYPHILIS
- Vampire-typical violence
- Discussion of rape, assault, sexual violence and sexual predators
- Sexism and treatment of women,