Reading Six Feet Under: TV to Die for (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781850438090)

Praised for its unabashed portrait of the 'death care' industry, HBO's 'Six Feet Under' is less about the business of death than the art of living well. It was created by Alan Ball ('American Beauty') and centres on a Pasadena undertakers run by two brothers, with their mom and teenage sister making up the dysfunctional family quarter. This innovative, controversial show charts difficult territory, from death, dying and bereavement, to female and gay sexualities, laying bare in the process an American cultural consciousness. 'Six Feet Under' first aired among HBO's 'must-see' Sunday night line-up in 2001, going on to establish itself as a critical and ratings winner. This book on the groundbreaking show examines such themes as the modern sacred and profane, pornography and the dead body, magic realism and the grotesque, American cultural politics, self-help culture, family relationships, homosexuality and re-thinking the closet, the church and gay politics, motherhood and teenage rebellion. Entertaining and enlightening in equal measure it contains a complete episode guide to the first four series of 'Six Feet Under'.

Author: Mark Lawson
ISBN-10: 1850438099
ISBN-13: 9781850438090
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Language: English
Published: 06/22/2005
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.64w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 06/01/2005 pg. 109