Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Script Book Season One Vol. 1

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Summary: Inside the First Season
Review: Throwaway the cool special effects, clothes and the good looks, the best part of the television show Buffy The Vampire Slayer is the sharp, witty, funny and touching writing on the show. The Script Book for Season One has the scripts for six episodes and not only do you get the scripts themselves, but you get insight from the writers and scenes that didn't make it onto the actual episode. The writers have their fingers on the heartbeat of teenagers and through the guise of a vampire slayer fighting monsters, they convey the fears and uncertainty of going through high school. A great read and I look forward to future volumes.

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Summary: language delights of "Buffy"
Review: Watching "Buffy" T.V. series or cassettes is huge enjoyment already. Reading this script brought pure delight: sharp wit, self-derogatory under-/overstatements, punch and speed - this script is, quite definitely, for lovers of language. Stage directions, as indicated between parts of dialogue,are about as savoury as dialogue itself. I've just one reservation:I suppose, to really relish this book as it should be relished, one should obviously have seen related episodes on either TV or cassette. One then remembers Charisma Carpenter's studied drawl, Sarah Gellar's brisk deadpan humour, and Nicholas Brendon's fantastic "fool's faces". Only then does one realize, not just how good the writing is, but also, how brilliantly the whole cast has done its job. Yes, this definitely does show just how brilliant the whole "Buffy" act was - and still is. Can we PLEASE have scriptbooks of what follows?!...