Anne Rice, The Queen of Literary Monsters (Feat. Lindsay Ellis)

Anne Rice, The Queen of Literary Monsters (Feat. Lindsay Ellis) | It’s Lit

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Forbes once called her “The Warren Buffett of vampires,” but American author, Anne Rice has established herself as the literary queen of monsters of ALL kinds over her four-and-a-half decade career. Besides her 15 novels of the world-famous Vampire Chronicles series, she’s also written 21 other books featuring all your favorite dark, supernatural, and undead beings: witches, ghosts, mummies, werewolves, aliens, demons, angels, Jesus.
But the works of Anne Rice aren't just light, pulpy fun monster books--her vampires changed the landscape of genre fiction as we know it?
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@morganbiddlecom 3 жыл бұрын

You can tell this is for pbs and not Lindsey's personal channel because there is zero mention of fandom drama

@jbvader721 3 жыл бұрын

It was mentioned in It's Lit! video "The Case for Fan Fiction".

@jellybean_91 3 жыл бұрын

I am personally hoping for a video from Lindsay on her own channel about the fandom drama surrounding Anne Rice.

@beeaggro2593 3 жыл бұрын

Yea I was shocked there was no mention about any of that

@jbvader721 3 жыл бұрын

@@jellybean_91 Maybe after the whole Addison Cain/Omegaverse fiasco Lindsay got into, maybe that's something to look back on. Especially as a comparison piece.

@Thecuriousincident1 3 жыл бұрын

@@jellybean_91 What's the fandom drama? Or can you point me in the right direction to find out now I'm curious.

@SomeNerdyVlogger 3 жыл бұрын

I love the implication that Rice's atheism was hurtful to Pope Francis personally.

@mhawang8204 3 жыл бұрын

The choice of graphic for that part of the video is perfect. 😂

@oliviawilliams6204 3 жыл бұрын

funilly enough a big reason she got back to atheism was because of Pope Benedict XVI

@Lelqtii 3 жыл бұрын

@@mhawang8204 While I like the idea, Francis only became Pope in 2013. But then again they do use a picture of Anne Rice from these days rather than from 1959 when she was 18 ...

@mhawang8204 3 жыл бұрын

@@Lelqtii I look at the image as the face of the Catholic Church, i.e. the religion personified. So really, any pope will do. It's just that the facepalm photo of the Pope when Anne Rice, an author of supernatural lit, becomes an atheist is funny.

@johannymilord3371 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know Anne Rice was an atheist. 😕

@FaithfulHorrorhound 3 жыл бұрын

"Little Susan hated literature, but she loved a good book." -Terry Pratchett.

@itarry4 3 жыл бұрын

Now there's a Author who had to prove himself over and over because of what the books he wrote were consistently written off as being. A true genius who wrote books impossible to pigeon hole and bucking all the norms.

@sweeney60 3 жыл бұрын

@@itarry4 Seems like Terry Pratchett and Anne Rice are spiritual cousins in that way.

@daisyrushton1574 3 жыл бұрын

GNU Terry Pratchett

@b.g.6696 3 жыл бұрын

God I hope they do an episode on him too

@vsolyomi 3 жыл бұрын

@@sweeney60 she's the evil twin

@Melissa-tw2gp 3 жыл бұрын

Anne Rice is so infamous in fandom that I sometimes forget all she’s contributed. Thanks, It’s Lit!

@jbvader721 3 жыл бұрын

The legacy of Anne Rice (like a lot of writers) is a double-edged sword. I've heard stories of Rice's crackdown on fanfiction of her works (which she has softened on in recent years). Yet, it's fascinating to know how Rice also contributed so much to fiction.

@sataprescott7588 3 жыл бұрын

I was there for the Anne Rice Wars and convoluted disclaimers and CTRL-F-ReplaceAll fanfic/original fic days. It was the Wild West, let me tell you.

@garfreeek 3 жыл бұрын

I was just gonna say this, I've only seen the evil withc but never what she did for literature!

@lancevoltron3585 3 жыл бұрын

Its a shame she didn't see herself in fandom writers.

@fuliajulia 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking!

@danstadler3752 3 жыл бұрын

Her son is also an author and extremely gay. My mother got me a copy of Christopher Rice’s ‘The Snow Garden’ when I went off to college. She missed the word “homoerotic” in the praise on the dust jacket. Initially so did I. So I’ll never forget starting the second chapter when a man “Didn’t know what woke him: the sound of sirens in the distance or Randall’s hot mouth closing around his left nipple.” Since I had just recently come out to my Mom, I wondered what message she was trying to send. Later she wanted to read it too, and that prompted a conversation no one wants with their Mom!

@cecilie... 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao, I love this!

@eliselianaboyd2547 3 жыл бұрын

Yes,he is a very good writer 👏 himself.

@billdagrasshawking 3 жыл бұрын

I was a pre teen when i found "Exit to eden" stored with all of moms vampire books...... it really kid of opened my youthful mind to all the possibilities

@csillakaszas7285 3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of a story someone shared on goodreads: her grandma gave her Sleeping Beauty as a present - because it's a retelling of the classic story and the girl collected such books. ...except Anne Rice's retelling is 100% erotica. Beauty is woken up by getting raped by the prince and taken to court as a sex slave. Grandma wanted to borrow it later, but she just kept making excuses. I imagine these oopsies happen a lot more often than one would think.

@johannymilord3371 3 жыл бұрын

Like Mother, Like Son 😚

@jbvader721 3 жыл бұрын

Lindsay Ellis waxing poetic about vampires is the kind of KZfaq content I subscribed for.

@jbvader721 3 жыл бұрын

@Redsiren Same.

@tamsinterror3520 3 жыл бұрын

Have you seen Lindsay's Werewolf content?

@lolthien 3 жыл бұрын

Tsk. @@tamsinterror3520 Be nice.

@SirBlackReeds 3 жыл бұрын

Why? She's terrible?

@robertgronewold3326 3 жыл бұрын

This script was written by Maven of the Eventide. She's a great vampire centric KZfaqr who has long worked with Lindsay.

@halcyons2106 3 жыл бұрын

"Isn't it Byronic"? Oh Lindsay.... you had to go there didn't you?

@DrBunnyMedicinal 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah...

@lorehammer40k4 3 жыл бұрын

Not only is it Byronic, it's bi-ronic.

@Sardo23 3 жыл бұрын

A little too Byronic, yeah I really do think.

@charity6372 3 жыл бұрын

I had no idea Anne Rice lost a child. That's very sad.😔

@rgs8970 3 жыл бұрын

I'm finding myself tearing up realizing that that is the origin of the character Claudia, one of my favorite fictional characters of all time

@mhawang8204 3 жыл бұрын

@@rgs8970 Knowing this now makes that scene where Claudia died with "the mother" she had found extremely sad.

@oliviawilliams6204 3 жыл бұрын

yeah it's well known in her fandom. She also lost her husband more recently. That was probably one of the reasons she got back to Christianity in the 2000's

@robinrinsmith 3 жыл бұрын

@@DarthMalaks_Missing_Lower_Jaw What? I’ve never heard about that. I know she has a gay son, who’s also an author, but he’s very much still alive!

@krapincorporated 3 жыл бұрын

My heart broke at this part.

@CanIswearinmyhandle 3 жыл бұрын

Me: Where is she I know she's here Description: Written by: Elisa Hansen Me: *Aha!*

@alexaaragon21 3 жыл бұрын

I also was searching for an Elisa credit somewhere in there XD

@Taxrenn93 3 жыл бұрын

Gooooooood Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeving

@drewcareymore1798 3 жыл бұрын

I did the same thing. 😂

@bkrage85 3 жыл бұрын

Get that credit Elisa!!! THE MAVEN RISES!

@klisterklister2367 3 жыл бұрын

There she is!

@traversdow4453 3 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing to think Twilight would not exist without Anne Rice

@eliselianaboyd2547 3 жыл бұрын

And we have fan fiction to thank for that, sarcasm.

@jbvader721 2 жыл бұрын

I don't want to think about the sad truth that Louis walked so that Edward could run.

@the_epicfangirl 3 жыл бұрын

Whatever they may feel about it, Brad Pitt’s and Tom Cruise’s respective portrayals of Louis and Lestat are iconic. I quote Lestat’s final line, “Louis, Louis, Louis. Still whining Louis,” on a regular basis.

@mysteriiis 3 жыл бұрын

Just did that myself during the video.

@eliselianaboyd2547 3 жыл бұрын

Good God, that movie was a horror, truly a horror. Both main actors knew that the characters they were playing were very, very gay and tried their damnest to play them as if they weren't. But otherwise, the movie 🎥 is still a mess

@the_epicfangirl 3 жыл бұрын

@@eliselianaboyd2547 oh I don’t deny that at all. That movie is something else, but that’s what makes it all the better. The fact that they are trying so hard to make them straight is what, in my opinion, makes them even gayer. And that movie is the reason why I like my vampires at least 40% gay. Just like the meme says.

@eliselianaboyd2547 3 жыл бұрын

@@the_epicfangirl Thanks. I still don't like this movie but this is one of the best replies that I've ever seen 👏.

@the_epicfangirl 3 жыл бұрын

@@eliselianaboyd2547 welcome, and to each their own I say. I just enjoy vampires of any kind, and the trashier the movie, the better.

@patriciatusay1768 2 жыл бұрын

Sadly, I just read today: 12/12/2021- Rest In Peace my favorite author.

@rainaftersnowplease3786 3 жыл бұрын

Anne Rice popping physically out of the text to say things to us is exactly the aesthetic she requires tbh well done.

@Applepopess 3 жыл бұрын

Now everyone check out MAVEN OF THE EVENTIDE who apparently wrote this brilliant episode.

@Trevurr 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE HER VIDEOS omg that's exciting. I even thought at 7:57 that when Lindsay said "vampires" she sounded like Elisa lmao

@natalie8214 3 жыл бұрын

@@Trevurr I THOUGHT THE SAME THING

@joshuaxmanuel 2 жыл бұрын

Anne’s writing kept me afloat for so many of my teenage years. Forever grateful I got to experience her brilliance in this lifetime. She will be dearly missed. 1941-2021

@cecelialenore5576 2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe she passed away tonight. I'm so sad, she was such a legendary human and creator!

@patriciatusay1768 2 жыл бұрын

Just read about that. Sigh.

@Anna-ks3ct 2 жыл бұрын

Rewatching this after hearing of Rice's passing. Thank you for making this, I feel like it's a wonderful look at a complicated and often controversial author. May she rest in peace.

@abrickonjupiter 3 жыл бұрын

Literature departments: *teach Dracula, Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, Woolf's Orlando, The Tempest, and countless other works featuring the supernatural or a certain level of romanticism as artful classics of the medium* Creative writing programs: What is this genre fiction tripe? (On the other hand, this does explain why when I'm browsing the general fiction section for stuff more along literary lines to see what the snobs of my undergrad degree are reading, so many of the books feel like the same variation on a somber, contemplative realist drama taking place in some contemporary American town.)

@eliselianaboyd2547 3 жыл бұрын

Also all of those works, are really, really gay. Not my opinion, it's more than common knowledge at this point in time

@abrickonjupiter 3 жыл бұрын

@@eliselianaboyd2547 YUP

@very_nervous133 3 жыл бұрын

Written by Elisa Hansen 💜

@victoriakmartin 3 жыл бұрын

Because of course it was.

@Otra_Chica_de_Internet 3 жыл бұрын

That names comes up a lot in the comments, who is she?? Why do people not like her?

@victoriakmartin 3 жыл бұрын

She's a KZfaq reviewer who specializes in vampire media. Her channel is called Maven of the Eventide.

@stephenpmurphy591 3 жыл бұрын

@@victoriakmartin Thank you for the clarification.

@arnettrabaker4872 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite KZfaqr discussing my favorite author? It’s like someone at Storied asked, “what would Arnettra like to watch today?”

@JDaReL0626 3 жыл бұрын

I first encountered the Sleeping Beauty trilogy when I was 15. Imagine the effect that had on me HAHAHAHJSDGSAGDH

@oliviawilliams6204 3 жыл бұрын

I must have been around 13 when i read those... Can't say they did not leave an impression on me

@Senidhr 3 жыл бұрын

I read the first one around the same age, worst, my mom gave it to me from the library (she worked near it). Most certainly didn't knew xD. I wwas too innocent and shy, couldn't finish and didn't read the other two. Maybe should give a try again xD

@calonstanni 3 жыл бұрын

YUP! same here. oy.

@lainiwakura1776 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, you too? Lol

@phoebexxlouise 3 жыл бұрын

I think most beloved literature was considered lowbrow at some point.

@danstadler3752 3 жыл бұрын

Once upon a time ANY novel was considered garbage and a sinful waste of time!

@rachaelerin1 3 жыл бұрын

I started reading Anne Rice in high school and absolutely loved her work, though it’s been a while since I’ve read. It’s really refreshing to learn more about her literary career and achievements that doesn’t include “well she hates fanfic so we hate her.”

@eliselianaboyd2547 3 жыл бұрын

Fan's can get a bit fanatic at times

@kaelang12 3 жыл бұрын

yeahhhh, it's more complicated than that. i believe there were lawsuits involved, so it's not just “well she hates fanfic so we hate her.” kotaku.com/it-used-to-be-perilous-to-write-fanfiction-1826083509

@bybabeful 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for illuminating her career a little! I didn't know much of her work, just her controversial stance on fanfiction. Even though I don't agree with her, I can see the value of her work and respect her for what she's done :)

@DavidFernandez-vt3qn 3 жыл бұрын

Ze Maven of ze Eventide has crept into PBS. I want to see her and Dr. Emily Zarka talk vampires on Monstrum.

@mikakestudios5891 3 жыл бұрын

That would make my century.

@chavamara 3 жыл бұрын

Yeeesssss

@rayniebee 3 жыл бұрын

homg yes! All my fingers crossed for that.

@Firegen1 3 жыл бұрын

I think I like the exploration of singular books or artists the most. The research on Storied is stronger than a lot of its contemporaries, so I like the "this piece/person made literary change" episodes the most. Thanks for reading my nerd talk.

@ssjwes 3 жыл бұрын

I've always loved Anne Rice's take on vampires. I've read Interview, Lestat and Queen so many times. For me she made them feel closer to what I thought vampires would be, if they were real.

@hailmammonmoments7568 3 жыл бұрын

Few things capture the gap between the early 90s and the late 90s quite like the quality gap between Interview with the Vampire and Queen of the Damned.

@David-un4cs 2 жыл бұрын

Queen of the Damned is still weirdly entertaining though.

@grandthanatos 2 жыл бұрын

Watching this again after learning of her passing. May her stories continue to influence us for years to come.

3 жыл бұрын

"I made characters you can relate to and identify with... BUT DON'T YOU DARE USE THEM IN SOME WICKED FANFICTION".

@oliviawilliams6204 3 жыл бұрын

her position on fanfiction softened a lot since the early 2000

3 жыл бұрын

@@oliviawilliams6204 She will still sue you if you dare posting it online so... baby steps I guess.

@Azvee 3 жыл бұрын

I can see why she might be possessive over the characters that helped her work through loosing a child, something I didn't know about until this video, but threatening your fans with a legal battle almost certain to ruin their lives is definitely a few steps too far.

@hailmammonmoments7568 3 жыл бұрын

Right now. Here on KZfaq. People are busking with animated fan fiction scripts. Back in the 90s empty suits were more than happy to destroy her cool factor with Queen of the Damned. It’s very difficult to draw the line between tribute-to and use-of intellectual property.

@eliselianaboyd2547 3 жыл бұрын

That is her work and livelihood. So I don't see how anyone can really get bend out of shape for her protecting her work, and fan fiction gave us twilight and 50 shades of gray. And we all know how that turned out.

@lynnmontejo6917 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the wild ride, Anne. I owe you so much. Rest in power 💔❤️

@sataprescott7588 3 жыл бұрын

I... did not... know about Lestat and the Vampire Avengers VS the Reptile Men. Thank you for that.

@DrBunnyMedicinal 3 жыл бұрын

And now you can never un-know it! =D

@moniqueloomis9772 3 жыл бұрын

@@DrBunnyMedicinal 😂

@cannibalbananas 3 жыл бұрын

I love The Mummy, it's my favorite book by Anne Rice. My complaint about her is that she sometimes goes on tangents that have nothing to do with the plot. I remember reading about a plot of grass while the character walked off, and another that spent 3? pages talking about a grandfather clock. I tend to skim read her descriptions.

@crylokrebs9552 3 жыл бұрын

I cackled at, “Byronic.”

@alexmacgregor9631 3 жыл бұрын

Love the bisexual vampire approach 😅

@tibaazher2792 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@Vampireprice 3 жыл бұрын

"But Maaaven you say!"

@alexisogun 3 жыл бұрын

Storied please talk about Terry Pratchet and his Discworld book series adapted to movies, miniseries or short movies

@eliselianaboyd2547 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!! Reading the whole thing, all 48 books 📚 or somewhere near that. Simply amazing work

@alexisogun 3 жыл бұрын

@@eliselianaboyd2547 thanks I'm watching the watch on BBC America. I have not read his Discworld book series, :( I may have watched his adapted works on KZfaq:(

@sonicdeath418 2 жыл бұрын

Rest in Peace Anne❤️ one of my all time favourite authors.

@HarkSara 3 жыл бұрын

I had no knowledge of Anne Rice as a person. But the mother(s) described in the witching hour makes a lot more sense now.

@JennyTroutstanding 3 жыл бұрын

I am so grateful for Rice's work. Hit this nail right on the head, Elisa!

@Frosting1000 3 жыл бұрын

When I heard that Elisa wrote this episode I was like YESSSSSS

@dlr_rosa254 3 жыл бұрын

I remember watching Interview with a Vampire late at night when I was 12 and being so enthralled with it. I loved it so much that I got the book and from there I decided to read the series. I was so lucky that my mom didn't look into what the series was about or she probably wouldn't let me read it 😅 Now that I'm older I can see how much Anne Rice's work has influenced me!!!!

@mariatxxxc 3 жыл бұрын

I remember watching the movie as a little child(yes, I was that kind of kid) and assuming Lestat and Louis were a couple with an annoying daughter

@nevaehsangel9620 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, that awesome, but soOOo off !😂💀💀

@David-un4cs 2 жыл бұрын

You were right though lol

@two_owls 3 жыл бұрын

This is what my tax dollars are going towards? More please!

@carolinemcgovern4488 3 жыл бұрын

I may not be American, but this is where tax dollars should go! More stuff like this, and I'm glad you approve of this type of usage

@anonb4632 3 жыл бұрын

@@carolinemcgovern4488 Into politically tendentious interpretations which aim for the deconstruction of Western Society? No, I don't think so. I don't pay taxes for that crap.

@Tinyvalkyrie410 3 жыл бұрын

@@anonb4632 corporation of public broadcasting involves less than one cent of every tax dollar, a small percentage of that goes to pbs, and most of that goes to local (often rural) television stations. Every pbs station that wants a cut of that very small pie has to apply for a grant, and it’s never guaranteed. The majority of pbs is privately funded, and I expect ALL of PBS digital is privately funded.

@alex0589 3 жыл бұрын

No your money goes to war. Pbs gets scraps. Barely

@jessesmoot1285 3 жыл бұрын

@@anonb4632 Cry about it more

@deadgirls3874 2 жыл бұрын

Anne Rice is one of my favorite authors she just knew how to blend historical fiction well I own most of her works.She just seemed like a very cool person and till this day is one of the most unique writers .

@ClarenceDass 3 жыл бұрын

I picked up Interview with the Vampire when I was 13, back in 1995. Maybe I was too young or whatever, but it just totally floored me. It creeped me out, but it drew me in with it's rich atmosphere. I felt for Louis. Then when I read The Vampire Lestat, I was a hardcore fan of the Brat Prince. I've read up to Black Wood Farm and my favourite book is still Tale of the Body Thief. My favourite series of books.

@grandthanatos 3 жыл бұрын

I first read Anne Rice as a preteen and she was instrumental in making me the author I am today.

@biamartinsedit 3 жыл бұрын

So happy to see that Elisa Hansen wrote this ♥ And Lindsay hosted it perfectly! Anne is my favourite writer and a huge inspiration to my stories and my very young career as a writer.

@stephjovi 3 жыл бұрын

Man I loved interview with a vampire. Those were vampires. Staying together, admiring the first films because they can finally see the sun, struggling with their identity. Not going to high-school to screw teenagers

@Jennifahh 3 жыл бұрын

Still stupid. The human like vampire is very far from actual vampires that for sure are souless monsters.

@thefisherking2268 3 жыл бұрын

@@Jennifahh I’m scared to ask what you mean by ‘actual vampires’

@David-un4cs 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jennifahh ACTUAL vampires? Excuse me?!? Lol

@WilliamBrinkley45 2 жыл бұрын

Anne rice answered questions at a student literary event in the late 90s. Rices attraction and fascination with vampires is rooted in her belief that a mortal persons love is not 100% pure but is heavily influenced by a persons lust, biological drives, and instinct…….where with a Vampire who is free from those biological drives, they can genuinely love another for their soul and personality without biological influence. Also a vampire had the ability to turn one they love into another immortal and the two can be together forever. This is Rices ideal of perfect romance and love.

@HobGungan 3 жыл бұрын

Funny you showed a clip from Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" adaptation as "whatever this is", when the ORIGINAL "Dark Shadows" soap was the ur-text for exactly the kind of "Vampires as Complex Characters" thing you were talking about, predating Rice and Interview by some years. As an aside: as both a fan of Tim Burton and someone with a fondness for the original Dark Shadows, I found the movie frustrating. It was a decent flick on its own, but for the most part a terrible adaptation of the show. The maddening thing is that it was SO CLOSE to being actually a great adaptation, but there were too many odd choices that mucked it up (I still mostly blame the screenplay, but Tim and Johnny are still at fault for running with it when if they were the fans they claimed they were they should have known better)

@TheBloodyLibrary 3 жыл бұрын

Please do Shirley Jackson next.

@moniqueloomis9772 3 жыл бұрын

Yes please! Oh yes! 👏👏👏

@eliselianaboyd2547 3 жыл бұрын

The book is far far better than that horrible Netflix show that only has the title in common with the book. So far, the 1960's movie 🎥 does the best job of telling the story on film.

@Donteatacowman 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I love her writing but I don't know that much about her personal life!

@wanderslostify 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@Sarah-jz9fl 3 жыл бұрын

I’m sure someone else has already commented this but-no idea who “Yeets” is. WB Yeats, one of the most famous poets writing in the English language, has his named pronounced Yay-tes. Something any research at all would have clarified.

@anonb4632 3 жыл бұрын

Did she really do that? Oh dear. Maybe she needs to lay off the Deconstructionists and read the classics.

@Tinyvalkyrie410 3 жыл бұрын

It’s important to realize that these are collaborations. They are written by one person, produced by another, hosted by Lindsay, and edited by a completely separate person. The person who wrote it probably knows the correct pronunciation and wouldn’t have made the mistake, but she was unlikely to be in the room with the rest of the crew, especially with COVID, and having Lindsay re-record would have been time consuming for a very common minor mispronunciation. Being a jerk about it helps no one. Factual errors should always be corrected. Minor pronunciation or grammatical errors simply aren’t that big of a deal.

@anonb4632 3 жыл бұрын

@@Tinyvalkyrie410 It's politically tendentious too. It's about time people started questioning why money is being put towards far left academia. In some cases the money is coming from the very groups these woke post-structuralists disparage.

@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 3 жыл бұрын

@@Tinyvalkyrie410 I don't think OP was entirely being a jerk - and it was the man's damn name. It's a bit rich when you're making videos about literature and can't even get a well-known author's name right. It would be standard for the clip to be given an overview by someone other than the presenter and editor before posting. This is a well-made video, after all. Editing in a correction of the pronunciation at the end would be perfectly fitting. I think this is one case where the observation stands.

@Tinyvalkyrie410 3 жыл бұрын

@@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 they were at least being extremely condescending. Suggesting that pronunciation would have come up in research isn’t just demeaning, it’s also incorrect. If the research was all written, pronunciation would never have come up at all. I would say it is significantly more common for Americans to pronounce Yeats as Yeets, so it’s not unimaginable that a producer wouldn’t have caught it. As I said, even if they did catch it, it wouldn’t be unusual to make the executive decision that the time and energy it would take to correct something as minor as this wouldn’t be worth it, especially on a deadline. There are many names of historical figures where the common, modern pronunciations is incorrect. I can’t remember the last time I heard people pronounce Einstein, Bach or Van Gogh correctly. They are even mispronounced in high quality, big budget documentaries. This wasn’t a factual error. It wasn’t an egregious mistake where the audience wouldn’t know who she is talking about. It was a minor mispronunciation. Edit: Just to clarify, the reason I think this person was being a jerk is not because they made a correction, it’s the way they made it. If they simply said “I know this has probably been commented on already, but the correct pronunciation of Yeats is Yates” it would have been fine. Many other people DID correct them that way. This is the only comment on pronunciation I had a problem with.

@Cruelty-Torture 3 жыл бұрын

I devoured Anne Rice's vampire chronicles when I was younger. May have to revisit and get the newer ones :)

@MarthadelPilarMoreno 3 жыл бұрын

I remember I read Queen of the Damn in less than a week because I could let the book out of my hands

@newbe1o1 2 жыл бұрын

Here after the sad news of the day. What a life she lived.

@Littlepea2890 3 жыл бұрын

Two of my favorite things combined in this video! Never thought I’d ever see her do a video on Rice

@allegrafavila2613 3 жыл бұрын

Love this one!! Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles shaped my teenage years.

@vampiretrunks 3 жыл бұрын

Lindsay Ellis did a video about Anne Rice? Ok, I can officially die happy.

@Paintergrl1313 3 жыл бұрын

The vampire lestat is easily one of my favorite books. Top 5.

@animemusic8 Жыл бұрын

I love her. I cried when I heard the news that she passed away. Miss her in her KZfaq channel.

@amnlima26 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lindsey and it's lit! I feel she is often overlooked in literature as she has been my favorite author for a long time. It's nice to see her get some recognition.

@NIGHTGUYRYAN 3 жыл бұрын

ooh boy, needed this today.

@tonyparker7349 3 жыл бұрын

I needed this today.

@Flippo___ 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I needed right now!

@lordlemond1350 2 жыл бұрын

Simply brilliant. I cling to her words in these stories.

@jessicacarron8117 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve read nearly everything she’s written, and have been ever so slowly collecting her works in hardcovers, and first editions where possible.

@thevampchronicles2009 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing your insight elisa, great work as always!

@coreya603 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. I sometimes forget what a powerful impact Interview had on me when I read it as a teen. “Transformative” would not be too strong a word.

@SemperErato 3 жыл бұрын

It was exciting to see another It's Lit! horror episode in my feed. My day is made.

@calibanxpable 3 жыл бұрын

One of my faves of all time.

@purpleunicorn3999 3 жыл бұрын

I love her books since I was in elementary some 25-plus odd years ago. Her stories are just pure *chef’s kiss*.

@ancientfae7246 3 жыл бұрын

Wow my favorite books and my favorite KZfaqr. I’m so here for this 🧛‍♀️

@omnijam 3 жыл бұрын

I hope I say this right but I haven't really followed online critics or movie vloggers for a long time but I remember when Lindsay first showed up and I'm so proud she's now of freaking PBS! She always had smart, insightful things to say and share and I'm glad she made this far in her career. Congrats!

@Strawberria 3 жыл бұрын

This was just the pick me up I needed as I try to market/ get an agrnt for my own difficult to classify novels.

@bronexakuseru1 3 жыл бұрын

Great work as always

@cailinanne 3 жыл бұрын

Lindsay you look beautiful in that dress. Also I was surprised to learn a couple of things about Anne Rice. I think it’s time I revisit some old favorites.

@vickyc2573 3 жыл бұрын

Nice of you to upload this episode while I'm rereading The Vampire Lestat!

@m.f.hopkins8728 3 жыл бұрын

Great informative video! Love it!

@chaosqueen20 3 жыл бұрын

Soon as I saw the title of the episode and that it featured Lindsay, I knew it had Elisa written all over it. Excellent video!

@carsonmichalowski6075 3 жыл бұрын

This kind of analysis of specific triggers in fiction writing is what I love to learn about. How specific people or events have changed the basic thought process on topics for the world. And I for one can't wait to see an analysis on my favorite fiction author and horror icon: H.P. Lovecraft.

@cvideo2847 3 жыл бұрын

Love these videos! Looking forward videos with Princess and Lindsey

@adgreenfield 2 жыл бұрын

The happy-sad-happy Pope graphic made me laugh-out-loud before 6am. Great video!

@RadioofHorror 3 жыл бұрын

WOW this was on PBS that's awesome LE

@Frostfly 3 жыл бұрын

The tone here is so different then the tone Linsey uses on Anne Rice on her own channel...

@memoryisamonster Жыл бұрын

Everyone i highly recommend AMC's interview with the vampire it's amazing

@sejhammer 3 жыл бұрын

that was really nice, I want to read Anne Rice now

@moonlightdearest Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this ❤

@ArchFiendFolio 3 жыл бұрын

Well done and well said

@trixiepixie5168 3 жыл бұрын

I remember reading some of her books in school. Very good.

@nicolaezenoaga9756 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@saraha2518 3 жыл бұрын

Love this series!

@johnm6190 3 жыл бұрын

one of the all time faves. dat akasha/enkil creation story!!!

@user-hq4jt9ml3v 3 жыл бұрын

I started reading the vampire lestat after watching this and its keeping me alive rn

@susansnezananovakovic7710 3 жыл бұрын

Anne's novels help me through depression a lot of the time.

@audri8152 3 жыл бұрын

anne rice is my favorite author and favorite internet villain.

@janesmith2613 3 жыл бұрын

I am a fan of A.R. and understand her view. I understand why she would want to control her own IP just as much as any other content creator. People are so entitled now. "How dare you tell me not to use your IP! Your IP is meant for everyone to expand on, it's ours too now!" If you are so passionate about writing in a universe, create your own instead of lazily copying someone you admire. Or use it with the permission of the IP creator. But this sense of entitlement to other's IP is like a form of para-social delusion. Like they wish so much to have written it themselves and they connect so deeply to the content they insert themselves into creation of a world they can claim no authorship of. While I don't always agree with JK Rowling, I support her assertion that her published world is hers and if she chooses to make every wizard and witch suddenly of alien origin and this explains the source of all magic, then so be it. Create your own content and stop acting like a whining child when author's ask you to stop adulterating theirs.

@elif6908 3 жыл бұрын

No one was using her IP, if you’re gonna make grandiose claims about events at least attempt to understand the issue.

@janesmith2613 3 жыл бұрын

@@elif6908 They used her characters. Their names. I remember a friend introducing me to a fanfic that was a complete retelling of the Body Thief only now the characters were women. That is IP theft. You can condescend all you like. Fan fic is based on other's IP and worlds. That is why it is labeled FAN Fiction. it is a Fan's version of a world they are the fan of, not their own. Lazy. Entitled. Uncreative.

@audri8152 3 жыл бұрын

@@janesmith2613 lol stop being a whiney child and calm down.

@janesmith2613 3 жыл бұрын

@@audri8152 Will do my best ;)