“SABRINA, YOU’RE NOT YOURSELF.” THE BORROWINGS OF SABRINA SPELLMAN
“SABRINA, YOU’RE NOT YOURSELF.” THE BORROWINGS OF SABRINA SPELLMAN
Author(s): Willem De BlécourtSubject(s): Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Sabrina Spellman; witchcraft; ChAoS series; sources; Buffy; the Vampire Slayer; cultural borrowings;
Summary/Abstract: This article examines the contradiction between shallowness and silliness in the television series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina from the perspective of creative piracy. I argue that the show adopted the superficiality of the 1960s comics. Despite substantial hijacking of elements from series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer or a movie Something Wicked This Way Comes the writers failed to lift this new Sabrina to a better quality. The borrowed elements simply made it more chaotic.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Dramatica
- Issue Year: 65/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 227-244
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English