2018-08-27: Buffeted

[Nosy Neighbordroid]

Discussion thread for Buffeted

[Alice Machaer]

The showrunner says that the new series isn't a reboot of Buffy continuity but a "new story with a new Slayer." Now I suppose we could quibble about the definition of "reboot," but I'm just throwing this out there.

[Ugwump]

With Paul Rubens as her arch-nemesis.

[Forrest]

What was the inappropriate thing her mom used to say?

[Alice Machaer]

Most probably some variation on the "blood libel," which is the anti-Jewish myth, dating back to medieval times and persisting to this day, that Jews perform ritual murders on Christians for their blood, whether as an ingredient in Passover matzah (unleavened bread), a sacrifice to the Devil, or some other nonsense. Sometimes accusations of actual vampirism get mixed into it.