"Bewitched" Being Rebooted As Hourlong Show
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Holly Marie Combs as Gladys Kravitz?
But Darrin should die horribly every few episodes and then they replace him with another b-list movie actor willing to slum it for a month.
Hells, if they keep switching Darrins at an alarming rate, he could could be other ethnicities or sexual orientations, and then be gone before any one boring can complain about it.
But Darrin should die horribly every few episodes and then they replace him with another b-list movie actor willing to slum it for a month.
Hells, if they keep switching Darrins at an alarming rate, he could could be other ethnicities or sexual orientations, and then be gone before any one boring can complain about it.
Sandra Gould replaced Alice Pearce after Pearce died.
There were a lot of deaths on Bewitched:
- Irene Vernon (Louise Tate, d. 1966)
- Alice Pearce (Gladys Kravitz, d. 1966)
- Marion Lorne (Aunt Clara, d. 1968)
This really isn't funny.
Dick York was replaced by Dick Sargent after York began suffering back problems as a result of an on-set injury during the filming of They Came to Cordura (1959).
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Elizabeth wanted Dick Sergent straight out of the gate, and didn't like Dick York because he kept looking at her like she's a prize he could win, when she was most definitely not.
The switch is part of history, whyever it happened, even though we all know.
One of my earliest memories is the neighbour girls, three times my age, real women, 12 year olds, gossiping... "And you know that 3 years after Sergent replaced York, there was rioting in Japan when they changed Darrins, they said they were going to destroy Tokyo unless "Hollywood" brought the real Darrin back."
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Many intelligent women end up in abusive relationships despite themselves. Saying "well they could just say no" seems like a bit of victim blaming.
I've read some analyzes of the old series and I think that a possible reboot will have to be very different from the original... Maybe they'll just keep the concept of the human marrying a witch. Maybe.
“Bewitched” was a traditional show dressed in feminist clothing
I'm right now feeling slightly guilty because I liked this series as a child...
I am a victim of the patriarchy too!!!
“Bewitched” was a traditional show dressed in feminist clothing
I'm right now feeling slightly guilty because I liked this series as a child...
I am a victim of the patriarchy too!!!
I've read some analyzes of the old series and I think that a possible reboot will have to be very different from the original... Maybe they'll just keep the concept of the human marrying a witch. Maybe.
“Bewitched” was a traditional show dressed in feminist clothing
I'm right now feeling slightly guilty because I liked this series as a child...
I am a victim of the patriarchy too!!!
The show was in on it, and was just waiting for us to catch up, low it take 30 years.
Every episode, Endora said "He's wrong, let's kill him" and the audience just thought that she was being a silly feckless woman, and not a god with the power to transform Darin into a donkey.
They also killed and replaced Larry's delicious wife Louise.
(I got into a fit wondering why sexy Irene Veron would be cast as old man Tate's wife, on grounds of incredulousness, unless Larry is jaw droppingly wealthy, but it turned out that they were almost the same age, it's just that she looked fantastic for her age, and he was a decrepit wreck.)
Every time a character was recast, Endora had blood on her hands.
(I got into a fit wondering why sexy Irene Veron would be cast as old man Tate's wife, on grounds of incredulousness, unless Larry is jaw droppingly wealthy, but it turned out that they were almost the same age, it's just that she looked fantastic for her age, and he was a decrepit wreck.)
Every time a character was recast, Endora had blood on her hands.
I liked the show and have even been rewatching it. It's still good and holds up about as well as one can expect from a show made in the 60's and even early 70's for the last couple of years. They don't have to change much in the overall concept, if they reboot it beyond giving Samantha a job as well and make the idea of both of them wanting to control her powers be from the dangers they can cause. I mean she is basically a Q along with all the other witches and warlocks in the family.
As for Gladys. She is basically a modern day Karen. The character is natural fit for a modern day setting. Instead of the suburbs they should live in a small town. Do the whole big city folks move to the heartland stuff. Samantha and Darren are morel liberal oriented where the townsfolks are more conservative. Samantha teaches history(comes in handy because she and her mom lived through much of it) at the local grade school, where as Darren works in public relations for the mayor. The mayor being the Larry character and thus this setting also gives you a in to do some social commentary through the politics of Larry and Darren's jobs.
As for Gladys. She is basically a modern day Karen. The character is natural fit for a modern day setting. Instead of the suburbs they should live in a small town. Do the whole big city folks move to the heartland stuff. Samantha and Darren are morel liberal oriented where the townsfolks are more conservative. Samantha teaches history(comes in handy because she and her mom lived through much of it) at the local grade school, where as Darren works in public relations for the mayor. The mayor being the Larry character and thus this setting also gives you a in to do some social commentary through the politics of Larry and Darren's jobs.
Well, Agnes Moorhead was never unattractive.
She did--in fact--leave Darrin in a few episodes.
A bit yes, I say this as a victim of my Ex wife, Once it was over i was like Holy *$$& I was freaking miserable, why didn't my friends say something.. They DID! I was to Obtuse to let it sink in. Friends and family can say stuff up one end and down the other, its up to the person to leave.
Why give her a job? In the show she was a housewife, and for some reason this day and age, that is poo poo'd as meaning that the woman isn't happy, that she WANTS to work 9-5 in a soulless job. Maybe start with Tabitha being of school age and her helping at school maybe, but leave her as a house wife.
Rest sound good.
Gladys (to Abner, her husband): "Aren't you afraid of waking up with something strange?"
Abner: "What for? I've been doing it for thirty-one years."
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"Turns on Tubi and starts watching the series from Episode 1"
Need some noise in the back ground while working..
Need some noise in the back ground while working..
Ever notice how many episodes there were in which Darrin was "away on a business trip"? It's because York was in too much pain to work, and the showrunners had to write around it. His eventual departure had been foreshadowed for a while.
True story: York and Agnes Morehead were very close. She had long admired his work in films. So much so that she adamantly protested Darrin being recast when York could no longer continue. Because of that, she never really warmed up to Dick Sargent.
A job opens her up to new story possibilities. Which is important because they don't have treat this like a old sitcom were everything takes place in the house or Darrin's office or some other interior set. By making her a teacher of little kids you can see her bonding with them. Maybe she friends with a co-worker. I am not even sure she had friends other than Larry and her family on the old show. If you go with the idea that Tabitha is already born you can have her sometimes getting into funny situations as she tries to make sure Tabitha doesn't use her powers. That she doesn't turn her teacher into a frog because she tells her to put down her toy and read from her text book like her classmates or stuff like that.
Early on in the Sargent era, Moorehead was..shall we say, so unpleasant to Sargent, that he was brought to tears, causing Montgomery to take him by the hand, bringing him to Moorehead and essentially demanding her to stop mistreating him.
I have a coworker, who isn't a stay at home but does wish, because she has 2 daughters, and they are signed up for Ballet, swimming, soccer(football) etc. etc. So if she stays a Stay at Home, it doesnt mean she's going to stay at home all day every day, She'll get out of the house plenty. Maybe a kids soccer coach, or a tutor of history.
You can have Tabitha getting picked on because she doesn't have a Stanley Tumbler at 7 years old.(Yes that did happen! a 9 year old brought a wal mart tumbler, looked nice but she was berated for not being in the know and Not having a freaking $45 Stanley Tumbler.. and of course the mom went and got one so she didn't get picked on..)
You can have Tabitha getting picked on because she doesn't have a Stanley Tumbler at 7 years old.(Yes that did happen! a 9 year old brought a wal mart tumbler, looked nice but she was berated for not being in the know and Not having a freaking $45 Stanley Tumbler.. and of course the mom went and got one so she didn't get picked on..)
Or maybe she's just self-employed. Or an artist. One who creates beautiful works of art through magic. She marries a man who actually wants a trad-wife and forbids her from using magic to create her works and she must painfully learn to use her hands like humans.
By the way, I'm pretty sure they'll at most produce a pilot that won't go anywhere.
Who convinced these people that you have to have a bottle effectively grafted to your hand at all times? When did this happen?
So, watching Ep 1.
Sam had already decided to not use magic when she met Darrin. Then on the night of the wedding Her mother comes along and already starts messing with Darrin. Sam tells him, and after some soul searching, he's okay, but Both decide not to use magic and be a normal suburban couple. It wasn't Darrin Forcing Sam not to use magic, she had already decided, and when they talked both agreed to live as mortals. Either one of them could have left, but they both loved each other enough to stay together ( Not in this day and age.. one little speed bump.. Poof.. divorced..) Then ... Que Mother in law and Familiy.. making Darrin's life hell.
Sam had already decided to not use magic when she met Darrin. Then on the night of the wedding Her mother comes along and already starts messing with Darrin. Sam tells him, and after some soul searching, he's okay, but Both decide not to use magic and be a normal suburban couple. It wasn't Darrin Forcing Sam not to use magic, she had already decided, and when they talked both agreed to live as mortals. Either one of them could have left, but they both loved each other enough to stay together ( Not in this day and age.. one little speed bump.. Poof.. divorced..) Then ... Que Mother in law and Familiy.. making Darrin's life hell.