Theda Bara
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After a long month of extraterrestrials in celebration with the anniversary of the Roswell U.F.O. incident, we decided to kick it back a little with an episode about, arguably, the first sex symbol of the silver screen, Theda Bara. This episode won't be packed with cryptids, time-travelers, or any high strangeness for that matter but what it will contain is the influence someone's persona can have in the cinematic world whether it's by your own doing or someone else. Vampires weren't all fangs and blood, Theda had her hand in the societal manufacturing and representation of what a "vampire" is according to the 1897 poem, The Vampire, by Rudyard Kipling. He portrays a vampire as simply a seductive woman and that is exactly the image that Theda would convey throughout her career. With tales of obscurity and grandeur shrouding Mrs. Bara, she would end up being one of the greatest actresses of her time even if she was mostly and unfortunately lost to it.
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