Slayers & Vampires

 

I saw a review for this book in a recent journal and thought it was new but it was actually published in 2017 (why was the journal just now reviewing it? I have no clue). Still, fairly new. The authors interviewed a ton of people involved with "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel", mostly writers and producers, but some cast and crew. There was, of course, a lot of navel gazing (Hollywood...or as James Ellroy calls it: "Hollyweird"), but I expected that. Everything they do is IMPORTANT, you guys. :)

There wasn't much gossip or anything like that. It was mostly about the struggles of trying to produce two high quality shows on small budgets. One of the writers/producers sounded like a real tool. He blamed Charisma Carpenter for getting pregnant at an inopportune time and apparently she also had the audacity to go and get a cross tattoo on her wrist that the makeup department had to cover up every day. How dare she! He brought it up twice, too, like it was some super egregious thing. He also had something snarky to say about Sarah Michelle Gellar daring to cut her hair. He literally said it was inconsiderate not to take the writers' hard work into account when they made these decisions. Okay, man. Get a grip? I mean, jeez, nearly 20 years later and he's still griping about it. I bet he's a ton of fun at parties.

Other than that guy, everyone else's memories were fun to read. Since I've never been on a TV show set it was interesting to hear about how they make it all happen. While it wasn't quite what I was expecting it was still entertaining.