Perhaps it is time for everyone (EVERYONE) to write the station and complain. Let's face it all these people cre about ratings. When something comes on that I object to I personally boycot the sponsors and write and tell them why! Pamela ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jma8763@aol.com> To: <SALEM-WITCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 7:31 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 > >