[Spaulding noted that there are two clear paths someone could
take: finding new ways to wield the power or modeling the patriarchy.
The central question of the show, which she added will get "answered
in various ways over the course of each episode and this season and
beyond" is, "As female power emerges, how should a women use power?"]
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PORTSIDE CULTURE

‘ANNE RICE’S MAYFAIR WITCHES’ WILL ASK ‘HOW SHOULD WOMEN USE
POWER?’  
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Danielle Turchiano
August 10, 2022
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_ Spaulding noted that there are two clear paths someone could take:
finding new ways to wield the power or modeling the patriarchy. The
central question of the show, which she added will get "answered in
various ways over the course of each episode and this season and
beyond" is, "As female power emerges, how should a women use power?" _


Harry Hamlin and Alexandra Daddario in 'Mayfair Witches', AMC

 

One of two adaptations from Anne Rice
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literature to come to AMC soon is an adaptation of _MAYFAIR WITCHES_,
which is actually a trio of novels from the 1990s. The first season of
the show will follow the first book in that series, titled _The
Witching Hour_, showrunner Esta Spaudling confirmed at the Television
Critics Association press tour panel for the series.

"It starts where the book starts: in this mood of New Orleans and this
house and [with protagonist] Dr. Rowan Fielding," she said. "We based
the whole first season on that book, so we felt we should end the
first season [where the book] ended."

That said, though, the book is much richer in history than the show
can delve into in its first season. The "300 to 400 pages of 13
generations" of the witches at the center of the story that fall in
the middle of the book takes readers all the way back in time through
the bloodline and across the world to Scotland. "We used a piece of
that," Spaulding said, but the bulk of it they have in their back
pockets for subsequent seasons.

Alexandra Daddario
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Rowan Fielding, who is a key descendent of important witches but
doesn't know it. And she also doesn't know that she actually did have
something to do with a death she thinks she merely "was present for."
So, as the show follows her, she struggles to just live her normal
life while people pull at her from all sides, and of course she won't
be able to avoid her destiny.

"I think that Rowan's story is so, so relevant, and [so are] the
stories of all of the Fielding women because when women start to get
power socially, what do they do with it?" Spaulding asked. "Rowan has
the gift of healing and also discovers a gift to destroy biologically.
She's at the fulcrum of the question, 'How do you use power?"

Spaulding noted that there are two clear paths someone could take in
such a situation: finding new ways to wield the power or modeling the
patriarchy. The central question of the show, which she added will get
"answered in various ways over the course of each episode and this
season and beyond" is, "As female power emerges, how should a women
use power?"

The show is set in New Orleans and also filmed there, which meant the
production team tried to "tap into [its] mythology" as much as they
could. "There are lots of spells we've been given help on," Spaulding
explained, noting they employed a witchcraft consultant, a Latin
consultant (for the chants), and a magic consultant.

_Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches_ does not yet have a specific premiere
date but is scheduled to debut in 2023. This is after the
network's _Anne Rice_
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Vampire_
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its full first season. The two shows share the author's "thematic and
stylistic concentration," said executive producer (of both
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and they shot on the same soundstages. The latter led to them having
to call out a set painter to very quickly paint over wallpaper a crew
member realized was _Interview With the Vampire_ set decoration
while they were in production. But other than a few "very, very
selective Easter eggs" of _Interview With the Vampire_ in _Mayfair
Witches_, the producers deliberately wanted _Mayfair Witches_ to
stand on its own, "at least for the first season," Spaulding said.

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