Wiccansploitation Television Tonight!
Hey there (American) TV watchers! Be sure to tune into the “he’s not psychic, just really observant” crime procedural The Mentalist for tonight’s episode: “Red Rum”. Featuring witches, “killing spells”, and murder!
Patrick Jane and the CBIs investigate the murder of a high school football star and a self-proclaimed witch who claims she put a death spell on him, on The Mentalist. Patrick Jane sets a mentalist trap to find out who is responsible for the murder of a high school boy who antagonized the local self-proclaimed witch by killing her cat…
Will the local Witch be revealed to be a ignorant dupe? A dippy New-Ager? An evil schemer? A Red Herring for the real killer? Will Pagan beliefs be discussed at all? Tune in to be sure! Then come back here and write a review, tell us what you thought of how “witchcraft” and the occult were portrayed in the show. Airs tonight, CBS, 8pm Central, 9pm Eastern.
Update: Just watched the program. Secret Wiccan killing spells? A ‘coven’ of underage kids? Mental illness? More on all this tomorrow…
9 responses so far
Well that was an hour I'll never recover. Deborah, I agree with your second comment, above. Leonna, thank you for the feedback link.
I didn't see the show but, Did they say she was Wiccan or just a witch using witchcraft. There are forms of witchcraft with no "boudries" Or religious beliefs attached to it.
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Actually, it was "nerds in cloaks", and he said it twice. But same diff, really. Still horribly inaccurate and insensitive.
The victim was not violent. He was protecting his brother from his father, who was the true culprit. Did you not watch the episode?
The video was removed. Can't see it anymore.
Holy crap was that ever awful.
She specifically said she was Wiccan.
I feel the exact same way about the Mentalist dude. I hated the program from the first episode.