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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Erla, et al., </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good point: The new Christian Slater series on NBC
is clearly a Jekyll & Hyde update -- though, oddly, at times the
producers have tried to say it isn't based on J&H at all, despite the names
of the characters, the basic premise, and a bunch of other characteristics that
can hardly be happenstance. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Perhaps more interestingly, <EM>My Own Worst Enemy
</EM>also looks like it's taking a lot of its ideas for how to update the story
from a BBC miniseries called <EM>Jekyll. </EM>I can't vouch for the American
adaptation yet, since it hasn't started airing, but the British <EM>Jekyll</EM>
is outstanding. (You can rent it from Netflix, which is how I saw it.)
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Gray</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>P.S. In a curious coincidence, the BBC's <EM>Jekyll
</EM>was written by Steven Moffat, who also wrote <EM>Coupling --</EM> another
BBC show that NBC liked and borrowed. In British hands, <EM>Coupling </EM>was
great. In American hands, even with the scripts largely unchanged, it
failed dismally. I'm curious to see whether NBC mangles this one, too. At some
point, maybe NBC will just hire Moffat outright. (For those unfamiliar with him,
Moffat might be described, half-accurately, as a British Joss Whedon. Or
perhaps it's the other way around.) </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>P.P.S. Isn't <EM>My Own Worst Enemy </EM>a horrid
title? Ugh.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=erlamaria@earthlink.net href="mailto:erlamaria@earthlink.net">Erla
Maria Marteinsdottir</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=teriann@ucr.edu
href="mailto:teriann@ucr.edu">Teri Carter</A> ; <A
title=gsa-english@lists.ucr.edu
href="mailto:gsa-english@lists.ucr.edu">gsa-english@lists.ucr.edu</A> ; <A
title=englecturers@lists.ucr.edu
href="mailto:englecturers@lists.ucr.edu">englecturers@lists.ucr.edu</A> ; <A
title=ucr.edu@unspecified-domain
href="mailto:ucr.edu@unspecified-domain">ucr.edu@unspecified-domain</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 11, 2008 10:17
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Gsa-english] [Englecturers]
ENGLISH 1C INSTRUCTORS - DR.JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE DESK COPY</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi folks,<BR><BR>I thought those of you who are intersted in
Jekyll and Hyde might want to hear about a new series on TV this fall.
It is called My Own Worst Enemy, starring Christian Slater, about a man who
lives as a suburbian husband and father by day (Henry) and some sort of shady
character by night (Edward). I've found drawing students' attention to
current cultural representations of texts makes them quite attentive in their
reading. Let's see what this has to
offer.<BR><BR>Erla<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>>From: Teri Carter
<<A href="mailto:teriann@ucr.edu">teriann@ucr.edu</A>><BR>>Sent: Sep
11, 2008 7:46 AM<BR>>To: <A
href="mailto:gsa-english@lists.ucr.edu">gsa-english@lists.ucr.edu</A>, <A
href="mailto:englecturers@listserv">englecturers@listserv</A>, <A
href="mailto:ucr.edu@unspecified-domain">ucr.edu@unspecified-domain</A><BR>>Subject:
[Englecturers] ENGLISH 1C INSTRUCTORS - DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE DESK
COPY<BR>><BR>>Dear All,<BR>><BR>>I believe I have the right amount
of desk copies for Fall 2008, but I <BR>>am a little concerned about Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as the publisher <BR>>only sent me one desk
copy.<BR>><BR>>If you are anticipating on teaching Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde for your <BR>>ENGL 1C class, please let me know as soon as
possible.<BR>><BR>>Thank you.<BR>><BR>>Teri
Carter<BR>><BR>>_______________________________________________<BR>>Englecturers
mailing
list<BR>>Englecturers@lists.ucr.edu<BR>>http://lists.ucr.edu/mailman/listinfo/englecturers<BR><BR><BR>Dr.
Erla Maria Marteinsdottir<BR>Department of English<BR>University of
California, Riverside<BR><BR>"Only two things are infinite, the universe and
human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -
Albert Einstein<BR><BR>"Every man is guilty of all the good he did not
do." -
Voltaire<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Gsa-english
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