Hi Joan and Deborah -- Thoughts? I'm afraid I don't have any, as I changed the channel after the (painful) first hour. Leering green faces and Ann Putnam's "vision" of Rebecca Nurse and the man in black carrying away three or four of her stillborn babies was about all I could take! - Vicki Brooker ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Deborah Ray Piper" <allpiper@swindiana.net> To: SALEM-WITCH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Fw: [SALEM-WITCH-L] CBS Movie Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 06:20:33 -0600 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 > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus