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** Is Daryl's monologue in the church about “God making mistakes” just so much angry, disjointed rambling? An attempt to corrupt, or at the very least offend, the Christians in attendance? Or [[SatanIsGood a genuine window]] into the way Dary/the Devil sees himself as the hero of his own story, a [[TheDevilIsALoser poor sod]] stuck in a CrapsackWorld run by [[OmniscientMoralityLicense a petty and fallible God]]?

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** Is Daryl's monologue in the church about “God making mistakes” just so much angry, disjointed rambling? An attempt to corrupt, or at the very least offend, the Christians in attendance? Or [[SatanIsGood a genuine window]] into the way Dary/the Daryl/the Devil sees himself as the hero of his own story, a [[TheDevilIsALoser poor sod]] stuck in a CrapsackWorld run by [[OmniscientMoralityLicense a petty and fallible God]]?

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* NightmareFuel: The OneWingedAngel near the end of the film.

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** Alex awakening to a bed full of snakes.
** Jane's body begins rapidly aging, causing her to flee the manor in a panic.
** Sukie experiences sudden, agonizing pain, set to Darryl violently cutting and eating a tomato.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: At one point in the novel, the lawn of the Lennox mansion is described as being “as perfect and precise as a Wiccan diagram.” The word ‘diagram’ in that context makes no sense. This is likely an editor’s mistake, as ‘pentagram’ not only makes more sense but is more alliterative as well.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** Is Daryl ''actually'' the Devil, or [[EpilepticTrees was he literally brought into existence]] (complete with his own delusions of being the Devil) by the Witches, drawing on their subconscious? It sure is interesting that he can waltz [[TemptingFate into a church]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice in the middle of a service]] without suffering any HolyBurnsEvil effects, suggesting that whatever the cosmology of the Eastwick universe might be, it's not quite the conventional angels-and-demons deal…
** Assuming he is ''a'' Devil, is he {{Satan}}, or is he being literal when he describes himself as a [[TheLegionsOfHell “''little'' devil”]]? If the latter, a whole new light may be shined on his tantrum about no one ever paying him any attention or respect.
** Is Daryl's monologue in the church about “God making mistakes” just so much angry, disjointed rambling? An attempt to corrupt, or at the very least offend, the Christians in attendance? Or [[SatanIsGood a genuine window]] into the way Dary/the Devil sees himself as the hero of his own story, a [[TheDevilIsALoser poor sod]] stuck in a CrapsackWorld run by [[OmniscientMoralityLicense a petty and fallible God]]?
** Similarly, how truthful is he when he claims he loves, or at least wants to learn to love, the Witches? What about when he throws a childlike tantrum about their not paying attention to him — is that just frustration that they're slowing down his EvilPlan, or is he genuinely a [[AttentionWhore pathological attention-seeker]] in constant need of validation? (Whether that latter interpretation would make him more or less unsympathetic is, of course, up to the viewer.)

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Music/JohnWilliams composed. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANyfhnEqnIQ You should expect this.]]

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music/JohnWilliams composed. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANyfhnEqnIQ You should expect this.]]



* ValuesDissonance: The conservative-leaning John Updike, at least in part, intended for the novel to be a commentary/semi-satire on the women's lib movement and the liberal attitudes of the 60's. Most of this is removed in later adaptions, which focus on the sexual and magical realist elements of the story.

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* ValuesDissonance: The conservative-leaning John Updike, at least in part, intended for the novel to be a commentary/semi-satire on the women's lib movement and the liberal attitudes of the 60's. Most of this is removed in later adaptions, which focus on the sexual and magical realist elements of the story.story.
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* OlderThanTheyThink: As the climax approaches, the soundtrack suddenly seems [[HarryPotter familiar.]]

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* OlderThanTheyThink: As the climax approaches, the soundtrack suddenly seems [[HarryPotter [[Film/HarryPotter familiar.]]
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* MemeticMutation: [[https://twitter.com/juliaccarpenter/status/888470428976599041 This bizarre passage]] from the novel where one of the characters laments how long it takes women to pee and envies men's ability to pee without waiting has become a punchline for male authors not understanding the basics of female anatomy.
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* OlderThanTheyThink: As the climax approaches, the soundtrack suddenly seems [[HarryPotter familiar.]]

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Music/JohnWilliams composed. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANyfhnEqnIQ You should expect this.]]



* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Music/JohnWilliams composed. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANyfhnEqnIQ You should expect this.]]



* RecycledTheSeries: ''Series/{{Eastwick}}''
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* RecycledTheSeries: ''Series/{{Eastwick}}''
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* NauseaFuel: This movie might put you off [[CruelAndUnusualDeath eating cherries]] for a while...
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Music/JohnWilliams composed. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANyfhnEqnIQ You should expect this.]]
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* UnfortunateImplications: In the novel, the two token ethnic characters, Fidel and Rebecca, are treated as servants and receive little characterization outside of this. Also, the three divorced main characters are liberated feminists who are specifically stated to be terrible, neglectful mothers.
** The freedom of the three main characters goes hand-in-hand with their misandry, not to mention that their magic ends when they're married, as if being independent and liking men are mutually exclusive. Not to mention the [[MenAreTheDisposableGender almost gleeful killing-off]] of the male characters, and the implication that truly liberated women [[YourCheatingHeart carry on affairs with married men at their whims]] without caring about the men or their wives.
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* MoralEventHorizon: In-universe, the three witches consider Darryl to cross this when he nearly ''kills'' [[TheHeart Sukie]].
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** The freedom of the three main characters goes hand-in-hand with their misandry, not to mention that their magic ends when they're married, as if being independent and liking men are mutually exclusive. Not to mention the [[MenAreTheDisposableGender almost gleeful killing-off]] of the male characters, and the implication that truly liberated women [[YourCheatingHeart carry on affairs with married men at their whims]] without caring about the men or their wives.
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* ValuesDissonance: The conservative-leaning John Updike, at least in part, intended for the novel to be a commentary/semi-satire on the women's lib movement and the liberal attitudes of the 60's. Most of this is removed in later adaptions, which focus on the sexual and magical realist elements of the story.
** Updike's attitude was ambiguous towards the witches--he neither condemned nor celebrated their attitudes or behavior.

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* ValuesDissonance: The conservative-leaning John Updike, at least in part, intended for the novel to be a commentary/semi-satire on the women's lib movement and the liberal attitudes of the 60's. Most of this is removed in later adaptions, which focus on the sexual and magical realist elements of the story.
** Updike's attitude was ambiguous towards the witches--he neither condemned nor celebrated their attitudes or behavior.
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* ValuesDissonance: The conservative-leaning John Updike, at least in part, intended for the novel to be a commentary/semi-satire on the women's lib movement and the liberal attitudes of the 60's. Most of this is removed in later adaptions, which focus on the sexual and magical realist elements of the story.

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* ValuesDissonance: The conservative-leaning John Updike, at least in part, intended for the novel to be a commentary/semi-satire on the women's lib movement and the liberal attitudes of the 60's. Most of this is removed in later adaptions, which focus on the sexual and magical realist elements of the story.story.
**Updike's attitude was ambiguous towards the witches--he neither condemned nor celebrated their attitudes or behavior.
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* UnfortunateImplications: In the novel, the two token ethnic characters, Fidel and Rebecca, are treated as servants and receive little characterization outside of this.
* ValuesDissonance: The conservative-leaning John Updike, at least in part, intended for the novel to be a commentary/semi-satire on the negative effects of the women's lib movement and the liberal attitudes of the 60's. Most of this is removed in later adaptions, which focus on the sexual and magical realist elements of the story.

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* UnfortunateImplications: In the novel, the two token ethnic characters, Fidel and Rebecca, are treated as servants and receive little characterization outside of this.
this. Also, the three divorced main characters are liberated feminists who are specifically stated to be terrible, neglectful mothers.
* ValuesDissonance: The conservative-leaning John Updike, at least in part, intended for the novel to be a commentary/semi-satire on the negative effects of the women's lib movement and the liberal attitudes of the 60's. Most of this is removed in later adaptions, which focus on the sexual and magical realist elements of the story.
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* ValuesDissonance: The conservative-leaning John Updike, at least in part, intended for the novel to be a commentary on the negative effects of the women's lib movement and the liberal attitudes of the 60's. Most of this is removed in later adaptions, which focus on the sexual and magical realist elements of the story.

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* ValuesDissonance: The conservative-leaning John Updike, at least in part, intended for the novel to be a commentary commentary/semi-satire on the negative effects of the women's lib movement and the liberal attitudes of the 60's. Most of this is removed in later adaptions, which focus on the sexual and magical realist elements of the story.
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* UnfortunateImplications: In the novel, the two token ethnic characters, Fidel and Rebecca, are treated as servants and receive little characterization outside of this.
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* NightmareFuel: The OneWingedAngel near the end of the film.

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* NightmareFuel: The OneWingedAngel near the end of the film.film.
* ValuesDissonance: The conservative-leaning John Updike, at least in part, intended for the novel to be a commentary on the negative effects of the women's lib movement and the liberal attitudes of the 60's. Most of this is removed in later adaptions, which focus on the sexual and magical realist elements of the story.
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The OneWingedAngel near the end of the film.

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