11-05-2018, 12:05 PM
I've really been enjoying Sabrina on Netflix. I vaguely remember the old TV show, so the shift in tone was a shock! I'm in the UK and the Archie comics were never a thing here - with Riverdale I hadn't realised how much the TV show subverted Archie into a David Lynch style town. But with Sabrina I remembered the TV show with the wisecracking cat ;-) This is so different!
Sabrina is very gothic, manages some Millennial sexual politics, it is quite vampy, but with tongue firmly in its cheek. The visual look constantly reminds us this is not a realistic drama - it isn't trying to be. Like Riverdale the time period is ambiguous with a mix of 50/60s kitsch and modern references stirred together. Not sure how some Christians would feel about "the dark lord", who certainly appears to be the devil (not that he is exactly presented in a good light!). That said, not sure Wiccans/witches would agree with it either, given they don't believe in satan.
I suspect that if you take those religious matters seriously, you won't like Sabrina. If you can approach it as high-camp and not even vaguely realistic then you'll have a lot of fun with it. My only concern is it may end up a bit like Buffy with a "monster of the week" style creeping in.
Sabrina is very gothic, manages some Millennial sexual politics, it is quite vampy, but with tongue firmly in its cheek. The visual look constantly reminds us this is not a realistic drama - it isn't trying to be. Like Riverdale the time period is ambiguous with a mix of 50/60s kitsch and modern references stirred together. Not sure how some Christians would feel about "the dark lord", who certainly appears to be the devil (not that he is exactly presented in a good light!). That said, not sure Wiccans/witches would agree with it either, given they don't believe in satan.
I suspect that if you take those religious matters seriously, you won't like Sabrina. If you can approach it as high-camp and not even vaguely realistic then you'll have a lot of fun with it. My only concern is it may end up a bit like Buffy with a "monster of the week" style creeping in.