Practical Magic

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They could see how love might control you, from your head to your toes, not to mention every single part of you in between. A writers’ room is being set up for a 10-episode first season. Writers include Dana Baratta, who also wrote for Dawson’s Creek and Jessica Jones.

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Strong Family Resemblance: Sally's eldest daughter looks almost exactly like an aged-down version of Gilly. When Maria is abandoned by the man who has declared his love for her, she follows him to Salem, Massachusetts. Here she invokes the curse that will haunt her family. And it’s here that she learns the rules of magic and the lesson that she will carry with her for the rest of her life. Love is the only thing that matters. Spell Book: The Aunts have a very old book of spells that appears to have been passed down through the generations. All of the Other Reindeer: The Owens women have been victims of this for centuries, ever since the town's last attempt to Burn the Witch! failed. Aunt Frances and Jet aren't bothered by it, but Gilly and Sally are.Alice Hoffman was born in New York City on March 16, 1952, and grew up on Long Island. After graduating from high school in 1969, she attended Adelphi University, from which she received a BA, and then received a Mirrellees Fellowship to the Stanford University Creative Writing Center, which she attended in 1973 and 74, receiving an MA in creative writing. She currently lives in Boston. In an unforgettable novel that traces a centuries-old curse to its source, beloved author Alice Hoffman unveils the story of Maria Owens, accused of witchcraft in Salem, and matriarch of a line of the amazing Owens women and men featured in Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic. Ironic Name: Bulgarian Jimmy Angelov, which sounds like "Angel Love", who is really a Devil in Plain Sight. By the way, it is really a Bulgarian surname, and "angel" in Bulgarian means just the same thing as in English. Nude Nature Dance: It just isn't the Solstice if at least a pair or two of Owen women aren't dancing naked under the full moon, apparently. ( Never shown on screen, this remains a great running joke all the same.)

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In the book, the Owens women have a long, proud tradition of being this. So much so the real reason their parents died was they were too busy drunkenly going at it during their latest honeymoon to notice some of their romantic candles had fallen over and burned down the house down till it was too late. This traumatized young Sally into becoming a prudish good girl, which her aunts regarded with worry and disapproval, while Gilly did her mama proud by taking after her in terms of hard drinking and partying. Be Careful What You Wish For: Aunt Jet uses these exact words to warn a woman against wishing for a man "to love [her] so much he can't stand it". Scenery Porn: Combined with Big Fancy House. The Owen women live in a gorgeous Victorian house near the water. A woman could want a man so much she might vomit in the kitchen sink or cry so fiercly blood would form in the corners of her eyes. Gilly in the movie, though it's implied most Owens women indulge in this from time to time. "Midnight Margaritas," anyone?

What had she thought, that love was a toy, something easy and sweet, just to play with? Real love was dangerous, it got you from inside and held on tight, and if you didn’t let go fast enough you might be willing to do anything for it’s sake. Avoid men who call you Baby, and women who have no friends, and dogs that scratch at their bellies and refuse to lie down at your feet. Wear dark glasses; bathe with lavender oil and cool fresh water. Seek shelter from the sun at noon.” Also, Sally and Gillian slice their palms and clasp hands to cure Gillian's Demonic Possession. Their joined hands and shared blood cures Gillian and breaks the family curse.

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The aunts look like they might also have fit this trope before their hair grayed. Justified, in that the family curse doesn't necessarily allow for more than a pair of daughters in a generation. And of course, Sally's love spell at the beginning of the film sets into motion the breaking of their family's curse Not the First Victim: A downplayed example. After discovering the girls have Jimmy Angelov's car, Gary reveals to Sally and Gilly that he's looking for Jimmy because another girl was found strangled on the side of a road, with the same brand that Jimmy tried to give Gilly.Sally's daughters mirror this in a Generation Xerox fashion. With Kylie being a Fiery Redhead with no qualms about using her magic and Antonia being more levelheaded and concerned about hurting others. It doesn't matter what people tell you. It doesn't matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction.” The Big Damn Kiss: After recording some of her confessional and showing her the letter she had written weeks ago (which he confessed to reading over and over), Gary and Sally end up sharing a kiss after rounds of Belligerent Sexual Tension building up between them. Melissa Rosenberg has signed on to write and executive produce via Tall Girls Productions. Melissa is also the creator of Jessica Jones, screenwriter for all of the Twilight movies, and writer and executive producer for Dexter.

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Balkan Bastard: Jimmy from Bulgaria (Angelov is a Bulgarian surname, as correctly noted in the film) is definitely this. Their ancestor Maria apparently set the precedent. It’s noted she got herself condemned to die because several of her lovers had wives on the hanging committee. Screw This, I'm Outta Here: The aunts leave when they figure out Sally and Gillian made a mess but are refusing to admit it. Witch Classic: All the main female characters, including the very traditional New-Age Retro Hippie aunts as well as the younger daughters. Brooms and potions are both used in magic in the film and they even wear the traditional clothes during Halloween.

Hundreds of years later, in New York City at the cusp of the sixties, when the whole world is about to change, Susanna Owens knows that her three children are dangerously unique. Difficult Franny, with skin as pale as milk and blood red hair, shy and beautiful Jet, who can read other people’s thoughts, and charismatic Vincent, who began looking for trouble on the day he could walk.