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Glamour, sex and vampires

Source: The Guardian

Nov 09, 2009

Summary

The TV series of vampires in small-town America is now enthralling British viewers

It's rare, bordering on never- happened-before-ever, that I should find myself agreeing with the oracle that is Lindsay Lohan. But like the actor turned, ahem, designer, I too love True Blood, the vampire drama now running on Channel 4 – the only difference between Lilo and me being that she's posted pictures of herself wearing fangs on her Twitter homepage, and I have not. But I haven't stopped talking about True Blood since it arrived on terrestrial TV this autumn.

It is a gripping blend of southern American small-town mentality and hideous murders in a world where vampires have "come out" and live alongside regular humans. There are colourful characters galore. I love the telepathic heroine, Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin). She's totally the new Daisy Duke, in her denim hotpants and super-tight T-shirts. Her dalliance with Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), the much-older vampire with artfully dishevelled hair and architecturally chiselled cheekbones, makes for a splendid romanti

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