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Tue, Nov 29, 2005
The Skeleton Key
The Movie:
Mention the word voodoo and the first image that comes to mind, for most people, will be a little doll with a bunch of pins stuck in it. Voodoo (and particularly voodoo dolls) has been prevalent in movies for many years, but I'm not so sure that Hollywood's given people the right message about the subject. Most people, I imagine, wouldn't have any clue that voodoo is actually a religion that has many followers in the New Orleans area. They'd also probably have no idea what hoodoo is and the majority of people, in fact, probably have the impression that voodoo is actually what hoodoo really is. Magical spells and dolls that you can make to hurt someone you don't like. That's not voodoo, despite what Hollyw... Read the entire review
The Skeleton Key
Mention the word voodoo and the first image that comes to mind, for most
people, will be a little doll with a bunch of pins stuck in it. Voodoo
(and particularly voodoo dolls) has been prevalent in movies for many
years, but I'm not so sure that Hollywood's given people the right
message about the subject. Most people, I imagine, wouldn't have any
clue that voodoo is actually a religion that has many followers in the
New Orleans area. They'd also probably have no idea what hoodoo is and
the majority of people, in fact, probably have the impression that
voodoo is actually what hoodoo really is. Magical spells
and dolls that you can make to hurt someone you don't like. That's not
voodoo, despite what Hollyw...