{"id":8304,"date":"2016-01-15T12:18:12","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T17:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cemeterydanceonline.com\/?p=7387"},"modified":"2016-01-15T12:18:12","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T17:18:12","slug":"review-curious-goods-behind-the-scenes-of-friday-the-13th-the-series-by-alyse-wax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-curious-goods-behind-the-scenes-of-friday-the-13th-the-series-by-alyse-wax\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: &#039;Curious Goods: Behind the Scenes of Friday the 13th: The Series&#039; by Alyse Wax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Curious-Goods-Behind-Scenes- hardback\/dp\/1593938942\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1452810010&amp;sr=1- 1&amp;keywords=curious+goods\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Curious Goods: Behind the Scenes of Friday the 13th: The Series<\/em> by Alyse Wax<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7389\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Curious-Goods-Behind-the-Scenes-of-Friday-the-13th-The-Series-951x1427-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"Curious-Goods-Behind-the-Scenes-of-Friday-the-13th-The-Series-951x1427\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>BearManor Media (October 2015)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>490 pages; $36.95 hardcover\/$26.95 paperback\/$9.95 e-book<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blugilliand\" target=\"_blank\">Blu Gilliand<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alyse Wax first encountered <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pYquKiVJAlE\" target=\"_blank\">Friday the 13th: The Series<\/a><\/em>\u00a0at the age of\u00a0nine. It was an episode called &#8220;Stick it in Your Ear,&#8221; a tale about a\u00a0haunted hearing aid from the show&#8217;s third and final season, and Wax was\u00a0hooked. Her interest blossomed into an obsession that led to an\u00a0Internet fan club, a fanzine, and, finally, this book.<\/p>\n<p><em>Curious Goods: Behind the Scenes of Friday the 13th: The Series<\/em> is Wax&#8217;s\u00a0massive guide to Paramount&#8217;s short-lived attempt to cash in on the\u00a0popularity of the <em>Friday the 13th<\/em> film series. Muuch more than\u00a0just an\u00a0episode guide, this book is a comprehensive account of the difficulties faced\u00a0when trying to produce good entertainment under difficult\u00a0circumstances.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Wax divides the book into\u00a0sections devoted to each of the show&#8217;s three seasons. Each section begins with interviews with key members of the show&#8217;s cast and crew; together, they paint a clear\u00a0picture of where things stood with\u00a0the\u00a0show as it progressed from conception to production. This is followed by\u00a0detailed breakdowns of each episode, with a short write-up following each that\u00a0includes more comments from actors, directors, writers, and other parts of the team. There are also a number of behind-the-scenes photos sprinkled throughout the book, many contributed by one of the show&#8217;s lead actors, John LeMay.<\/p>\n<p>Wax&#8217;s love for the series doesn&#8217;t color her straightforward documentation of the struggles that plagued the show: everything from disagreements over the tone of the series, to the\u00a0inexperience of two of its three lead actors, to the expectations projected onto the show because of its title. Wax refrains from editorializing, allowing the story to be told solely\u00a0through the recollections of those who spent hard days and long nights toiling away on the production. The result is both\u00a0a\u00a0thoroughly researched love letter and an honest account of a series that, for now, remains an ambitious footnote in the history of genre television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curious Goods: Behind the Scenes of Friday the 13th: The Series by Alyse Wax BearManor Media (October 2015) 490 pages; $36.95 hardcover\/$26.95 paperback\/$9.95 e-book Reviewed by Blu Gilliand\u00a0 Alyse Wax first encountered Friday the 13th: The Series\u00a0at the age of\u00a0nine. It was an episode called &#8220;Stick it in Your Ear,&#8221; a tale about a\u00a0haunted hearing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-curious-goods-behind-the-scenes-of-friday-the-13th-the-series-by-alyse-wax\/\" class=\"more-link button bg-gold white\">Continue Reading!<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Review: &#039;Curious Goods: Behind the Scenes of Friday the 13th: The Series&#039; by Alyse Wax&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[80],"tags":[582,583,301,584,42,79],"class_list":["post-8304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-alyse-wax","tag-bearmanor-media","tag-blu-gilliand","tag-curious-goods-behind-the-scenes-of-friday-the-13th-the-series","tag-featured","tag-reviews"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Review: &#039;Curious Goods: Behind the Scenes of Friday the 13th: The Series&#039; 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