Follows a neurosurgeon who discovers she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. She must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.Follows a neurosurgeon who discovers she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. She must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.Follows a neurosurgeon who discovers she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. She must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.
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- TriviaAnne Rice's New Orleans Garden District home was the setting of the Mayfairs' ancestral home in the novels. For those who are not local to the area, The Garden District is just outside the Central Business District, and area is known for its opulent mansions and oak tree-lined streets, the St. Charles streetcar, Magazine street shopping and restaurants, the renowned Commander's Palace restaurant, and the historic Lafayette Cemetery No. 1
- Crazy creditsThe portraits of various members of the Mayfair family, especially the woman, were arranged on a wall, with roots growing amongst them establishing the familial connection, similar to a family tree diagram or pedigree chart.
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Gross Deviation
They could just have titled this AMC's Mayfair Witches instead of Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches as this series surely does not resemble Anne Rice's Mayfairs that have moved and astounded me in the books. I have hoped and waited for a movie (or TV) adaptation of the Mayfairs as it truly is such a deeply rich and compelling read - a force within a force in itself. But this series, plainly put, is a gross deviation. I understand adapting a story to modern times like perhaps driving a current brand of car or using latest cellphone models in there but to significantly move away from such a great story that has been so well grounded and writ and detailed as Anne Rice had done for the Mayfairs, is appalling - it's an injustice as like they are riding on the incredible ingenuity of a created story, then think they could "cooly" make it their own. Perhaps this kind of approach applies to many other stories out there but it certainly does not for Anne Rice's Lives of The Mayfair Witches. As for the actor choices, perhaps most of them are great in their own right and place - but none of them fit the actual Mayfair book characters, except maybe the one for Carlotta Mayfair that came close.
It's exasperating to have to accept this kind of adaptation and to see how the series creators talk excitedly about this be like.. my brain be bleeding for it. For anyone who's not read the books, I suppose be glad you are spared the disappointment of this attempt. There's only been two episodes out yet in this time of review and if I were to imagine watching this without having read the books, I would probably find this dithering between bland to mildly curious.
It's exasperating to have to accept this kind of adaptation and to see how the series creators talk excitedly about this be like.. my brain be bleeding for it. For anyone who's not read the books, I suppose be glad you are spared the disappointment of this attempt. There's only been two episodes out yet in this time of review and if I were to imagine watching this without having read the books, I would probably find this dithering between bland to mildly curious.
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- Jan 14, 2023
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