Episode #26, segment 2 - Aqua Vita
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Episode #26, segment 2 - Aqua Vita
BoG Wed Dec 08, 2010 12:58 am
#26b: AQUA VITA (episode #2 of 2nd season)
written by Jeremy Bertrand Finch & Paul Chitlik
Directed by Paul Tucker
The TV industry's preoccupation with presenting youthful images is tackled in this one, though it's more about our entire society's fixation on looking younger (there was that film later in '92, Death Becomes Her, with a similar premise). A female news anchor (Mimi Kennedy) who just turned 40 is introduced to a special liquid by a colleague; it looks like plain water but restores her youthful looks. It starts out great - the first delivery is free and with her looking about 25 now, her career begins an upswing. But, her need for the elixir grows and the costs rise dramatically. Soon, she can't get enough of this aqua to prevent her from looking aged; the dream turns into a nightmare.
written by Jeremy Bertrand Finch & Paul Chitlik
Directed by Paul Tucker The TV industry's preoccupation with presenting youthful images is tackled in this one, though it's more about our entire society's fixation on looking younger (there was that film later in '92, Death Becomes Her, with a similar premise). A female news anchor (Mimi Kennedy) who just turned 40 is introduced to a special liquid by a colleague; it looks like plain water but restores her youthful looks. It starts out great - the first delivery is free and with her looking about 25 now, her career begins an upswing. But, her need for the elixir grows and the costs rise dramatically. Soon, she can't get enough of this aqua to prevent her from looking aged; the dream turns into a nightmare.