Christina Ricci. Alas, sex sells. And the 4.4 million viewers who tuned in for her Lifetime Channel Lizzie bio-pic have sent programming execs into hyper-drive. The Lizzie Chronicles will delight sponsors and foster more irrevocable myth and misinformation. Combine a nubile sexual characterization of a notorious, albeit enigmatic, subject of patricide with an “Axe” and how the hell can you miss? I believe I can say with certainty the final “Chronicle” will not have anything resembling Lizzie Borden’s actual deathbed thoughts as written about in my previous post (see link in Red above).
Lizzie could act, however. Just read her Inquest Testimony. As for Ms. Ricci – well, read this short article.:
http://www.dailytoss.com/…/christina-ricci-news-updates-an…/.
I suppose the only people who will like the “Fall River Chronicles” will be those who hope it helps in selling their own fictional books with similar “artistic” (gag) liberties of Lizzie and those who knew her, some knuckle-dragging males, and others who enjoy the stories which air on the Lifetime Movie Channel. (double gag).
Me, I think if you want to create fiction based on fact why not just use Fall River as a backdrop and create original, compelling characters? Margaret Mitchell did it with the Civil War and we still adored Rhett and Scarlett. Besides, a mini series titled “Fall River Chronicles” could be much more interesting than just Lizzie’ Borden’s story – fact or fiction. There are the mills and stratified society dissected by mill workers on the one hand and mill owners on the other; the land swaps and swindles; the founding families; the town’s rise to the nation’s cotton production King; the immigrant labor migration, and on and on.
Oh well. Tits and ass. That’s what brings them in and makes sponsors smile. :)
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