Educational Vampires

In chapter three, Williamson begins to discuss the vampire in written novels and then the transformation onto screen. Specifically, Williamson deal with "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and the impacts on the American public at that time. Two episodes from the series were never allowed to air because they "were thought to 'resemble the traumatic events that unfolded in American schools during the spring of 1999.'" (53) I am bringing up this re-occuring theme in American culture, because Vampires are not the only entity to be targeted as "too violent for youth". Music, artists, video games, and other pop cultures phenomena have been the blame of most violence in the teenage communities today. The author Parks' feels that this depiction of Vampires in the media context is actually confronting violence rather than encouraging it. I think that its quite interesting that Vampires in the media can be viewed as learning tools for teenagers.