Deborah Ray Piper Spencer Co., IN allpiper@swindiana.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deborah Ray Piper" <allpiper@swindiana.net> To: <Jma8763@aol.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 5:23 AM Subject: Re: [SALEM-WITCH-L] CBS Movie > Dear Joan, > > As a descendent of both sides of the sad history of Salem. I was the first > half and kept wondering where my Putnam line was. they did mention the > mistrust of envy of the two towns, The Town of Salem, merchants and wealth > and the farmers from the Salem Village. > > True, I would have liked to see more on the lives of the accused families. > But, Thomas Putnam comes across as a man full of hate and envy. Thank God, I > am not a woman of that time. It looked to me as a battered woman as being > shamed for defending herself from her abusive husband. > > I will wait for the ending tonight. Better not be any bats flying from the > hands of the accused as seen on the trailer. > > Putnam, Gould, Dane, Faulkner, Pudeator, Osgood, Hutchinson,Tufts, Ingalls, > and others > > Deborah Ray Piper > Spencer Co., IN > allpiper@swindiana.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Jma8763@aol.com> > To: <SALEM-WITCH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 6:31 PM > Subject: [SALEM-WITCH-L] CBS Movie > > > > Hi all, > > > > I JUST had my first chance to check my mail today, and was REALLY > surprised > > to find NO comments about the first half of the CBS movie from last night! > > SO, let me be the one to get things started!! > > > > First, I have some questions for anyone who might know! > > > > 1) Is there any evidence to suggest that Ann Putnam Sr had a still birth > in > > conjunction with the accusations of 1692? I know that she lost several > > children, I was just curious about whether the timing depicted in the > movie > > was accurate, or just used for dramatic affect. > > > > 2) I know that public humiliation was in fact a popular form of > punishment, > > but is there any evidence to suggest that people were really paraded, > > shackled and naked, from town to town, or again, did the producers/writers > > decide that dumpy, naked female bottoms would increase ratings? > > > > > > As for MY opinion of the movie so far...NOT TOO MUCH!!! I was disgusted > by > > the opening scene, which appears as though there was good reason to > believe > > that Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba were in fact witches, or at the > > VERY least, evil individuals! > > I was also unpleasantly surprised by the "characters" who have so far > > emerged as the "stars" of the movie. The entire first half focuses on the > > families of Thomas Putnam and Samuel Parris, and portrays them in a VERY > > sympathetic light, while only barely "introducing" A FEW of the people who > > were eventually tried and/or murdered, and does NOTHING toward shedding a > > sympathetic light on any of them except Tituba!! > > I guess I'm just a bit confused as to how someone can write a four hour > > movie which hails itself as "THE TRUTH" about the events of 1692 Salem, > and > > in the entire first half fail to even mention MOST of the 19 who died, let > > alone the hundreds who were accused and lived to see another day! > > > > I DID actually TRY to go into this movie with no bias, but unless I'm > > completely fooling myself, this doesn't even make a good work of fiction!! > > It feels like the writer has tried to roll every imaginable theory into > one, > > while not actually having a theory of his or her own! Well, I guess > that's > > not entirely true, since I don't recall hearing anything about moldy rye > > bread yet!! > > > > Okay, and one last complaint....SO FAR....did anyone else have a problem > > with the volume, or is my one year old SONY dying on me??? I had the > volume > > CRANKED through half the movie, and STILL had a hard time hearing them, > and > > then all of the sudden, something REALLY LOUD would happen that scared me > > half to death before I could get the volume turned back down!! Was this > just > > my TV, or was this their way of making a tragedy into a thriller??? > > > > ANY other thoughts??? > > Joan > > > > >