[Englecturers] [Gsa-english] ENGLISH 1C INSTRUCTORS - DR.JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE DESK COPY

[Gray Scott]

Erla, et al., 

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. 

Perhaps more interestingly, My Own Worst Enemy also looks like it's taking a lot of its ideas for how to update the story from a BBC miniseries called Jekyll. I can't vouch for the American adaptation yet, since it hasn't started airing, but the British Jekyll is outstanding. (You can rent it from Netflix, which is how I saw it.) 

- Gray

P.S. In a curious coincidence, the BBC's Jekyll was written by Steven Moffat, who also wrote Coupling -- another BBC show that NBC liked and borrowed. In British hands, Coupling 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.) 

P.P.S. Isn't My Own Worst Enemy a horrid title? Ugh.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Erla Maria Marteinsdottir 
  To: Teri Carter ; gsa-english at lists.ucr.edu ; englecturers at lists.ucr.edu ; ucr.edu at unspecified-domain 
  Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 10:17 PM
  Subject: Re: [Gsa-english] [Englecturers] ENGLISH 1C INSTRUCTORS - DR.JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE DESK COPY


  Hi folks,

  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.

  Erla

  -----Original Message-----
  >From: Teri Carter <teriann at ucr.edu>
  >Sent: Sep 11, 2008 7:46 AM
  >To: gsa-english at lists.ucr.edu, englecturers at listserv, ucr.edu at unspecified-domain
  >Subject: [Englecturers] ENGLISH 1C INSTRUCTORS - DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE DESK COPY
  >
  >Dear All,
  >
  >I believe I have the right amount of desk copies for Fall 2008, but I 
  >am a little concerned about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as the publisher 
  >only sent me one desk copy.
  >
  >If you are anticipating on teaching Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for your 
  >ENGL 1C class, please let me know as soon as possible.
  >
  >Thank you.
  >
  >Teri Carter
  >
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  Dr. Erla Maria Marteinsdottir
  Department of English
  University of California, Riverside

  "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."   -  Albert Einstein

  "Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do."  - Voltaire



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