On Wednesday, we wear black.
First
of all, I want to point out how very much I loved this show. I thought
it was utterly amazing and had extremely talented people who I really
enjoyed watching, especially the three matriarchs. There were moments
that I laughed out loud, giggled, was horribly shocked and cringed!
Recipe for a good time.
I
did have some mixed feelings while watching this show. I identify
myself as a witch. It is a belief system to me. It is so very hard to
ask people who have no idea about any difference between fact and
fiction, to understand I am not what is presented in mainstream media.
So in the past, it has upset me when they used the word witch and then
have a character who does outrageous things.
I am not a joke. I
am not some circus side-show. I am not delusional and just "playing" at
being a witch. I believe in God and Goddess and The Fates. I take my
ideas about things seriously, but not too seriously. And that is where I
have found that I can enjoy this show.
I decided that if
Christians can have Highway to Heaven and Touched by an Angel, then
there is a place for these stories too. Because we all know those TV
shows did not even border on the edge of reality. They only used a
concept and the fiction just spiraled out from there. Okay, same thing
with witches. Got it. Hope everyone else can grasp the same idea.
So back to the things that I loved about the show!
I
will start with the matriarchs. I think Kathy Bates is such an AWESOME
actress. I have loved watching her since the first time I saw her in
Misery. By the way, this was from the hobbling scene which, to this
very day after seeing this movie hundreds of times, I have never
watched. I always cover my eyes.
Ms.
Bates has an amazing way of making a most hideous character almost
likeable. I say almost because she has the ability to bring you right
to that edge where you could fall over and feel sympathy and then with
just a small twist, have you standing straight again. It feels like
listening to an unknown symphony watching her do her craft. She has
such talent, you have no idea that she's even doing it. As Madame
Delphine LaLaurie, she did not disappoint. Horrible woman. Horrible
woman in history. But Kathy Bates has a way of seeming sympathetic so
you want to watch, and yet not really like the woman. I think that's
amazing. Go Kathy Bates!
Jessica
Lange is gorgeous. And she made Fiona absolutely evil and
awe-inspiring. I was always a little bit envious of her inability to
care for others because she just did what she pleased. It was part of
her undoing over all but the ride was fun while it lasted, at least it
looked like it was. Fiona was a tortured soul, but she didn't sit down
long enough to acknowledge it. That would have been weak to Fiona and
there is nothing weak on the outside about this character. She is tough
as nails and just as dangerous and deadly if dealt with the wrong
way. At least that is how I viewed her.
Angela Bassett. Oh my G O S H! Can I just say that I loved this woman from this very moment.
This
was Waiting to Exhale. Loved this character and her evolution. She
started out absolutely knowing things, things she just knew with all of
her being, only to change and evolve and learn that things are not
always exactly as they seem. But that's another movie...
Lovely,
talented Ms. Bassett plays beautiful Madame Marie Laveau. This is
another part that I have a hard time separating. Historical Madame
Laveau was a beautiful and kind woman, so it is said. She is very
important to many people as a figure for their beliefs to this very
day. I only wish they would have used another name but, they didn't so
whatcha gonna do?!
I wish she would have had more screen time.
She was beautiful, strong and had every reason to be pissed off and
vengeful. Oh, and she was. Maddeningly so. Another tortured, strong
woman with no time to think of her trials and tribulations, just the
answers to the problems and her progress forward. Forward for her was
survival. Such wonderful twists with her story.
Cordelia
is the daughter of Fiona, the Supreme. She has always been in the
shadow of her mother. Never quite good enough for her mother or
herself. This put a lot of doubt in her and she never reached her
potential. The character of Cordelia is so beautiful, kind and
doubting. The one most overlooked. Watch out for those you think are
weak. And sometimes the weak ones can even surprise themselves
.
When
I grow up I want to be Myrtle Snow. She was so magically, amazingly,
beautifully ridiculous. With a hint of insanity and high fashion backed
up by an extreme amount of genius and insight. Myrtle is a matriarch
in her own right. Never reaching her potential, just like Cordelia,
because of also being in the shadow of Fiona. Jealousy and being held
down can be the catalysts to all of our failures. When it comes down to
it, I guess we are all always our own worse enemies.
This
show is filled with such amazingly diverse women. I was struck by the
plain humanity of each one of them. Fighting their own individual and
unique battles. They are neither good nor evil. They are women doing
what women do. Humans, doing what humans do. They are climbing the
ladder, raising children, living as an example, living with anger,
regret and loss all in a mystical wrapper. They find strength, honor
and courage in their lineage and traditions. They are inspirational.
And
if all this boring information about women I have grown to admire
hasn't pushed you over the edge to give this show a chance, maybe this
will.
Yes,
that is the beautiful, magnificent and timeless Stevie Nicks. This
lovely lady is in two episodes and her music is throughout. Yeah, I
really liked this show.
