{"id":1084,"date":"2009-09-21T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T19:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/culturecrash\/2009\/09\/john-updike-vs-witches-of-eastwick.html"},"modified":"2009-09-21T12:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-21T19:39:00","slug":"john-updike-vs-witches-of-eastwick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/culturecrash\/2009\/09\/john-updike-vs-witches-of-eastwick.html","title":{"rendered":"John Updike vs. Witches of Eastwick"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FOR a not terribly good book, “the witches of eastwick” has had quite an afterlife. not only did it become a popular, if faintly cheesy, movie involving cher, and a briefly lived stage show, but it’s now set to become a television series. no, not a miniseries — but a show that could run for years and years.<\/p>\n

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why? i’m still a bit confused about the whole thing. but HERE<\/a> is my new piece on the book’s unlikely journey.<\/div>\n
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for the story, i spoke to a producer on the show named maggie friedman, who pointed out that “men and women and sex” are important ingredients to making the book — and her show — work.<\/div>\n
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and i discussed the original novel’s impact and sexual politics — is it feminist? misogynist? an indictment of the counterculture — with scholars quentin miller and sam cohen. the latter has a new book coming soon called “after the end of history: american fiction in the 1990s.”<\/a><\/div>\n
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what do people make of the program of “eastwick?” i’m eager to hear from viewers. the show kicks of wednesday.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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