Some actresses become so defined by a character
that they play that are often perceived as that character by
generations of fans. So it has been with Sarah Michelle Gellar and her
character of Buffy Summers in Buffy
the Vampire Slayer.
The 90s TV series and has been included in many "best of" lists, including
being ranked #41 on the list of TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time,
#2 on Empire's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, voted #3 in TV
Guide's Top 25 Cult TV Shows of All Time and listed in Time
magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All-Time " Sarah's acting career began when she was of four,
and was
spotted by an agent in a New York restaurant. Two weeks later, she
auditioned or and won a part f in a TV movie, An Invasion of
Privacy. She subsequently attracted national attention in a
controversial television commercial for Burger King, in which her character
criticized McDonald's and claimed to eat only at Burger King. This led to a
lawsuit by McDonald's.
Sarah's first
major break came in 1992 at age eighteen, when she was cast as
Kendall Hart, Erica Kane's long-lost daughter in the soap opera All My
Children. In 1995, she won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger
Actress in a Drama Series for the role. Sarah left All My Children in
1995 soon landed her iconic role as as Buffy Summers.
As Buffy matured, so did the show's content. The Parents
Television Council complained of efforts to "deluge their young viewing
audiences with adult themes. The US Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), however, rejected the Council's indecency complaint concerning the
violent sex scene between Buffy and the British vampire Spike in one
of the episodes. The BBC, however, chose to censor some of the more
controversial sexual content when it was shown on the 6:45pm slot.
Sarah's film career includes starring roles in
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), Cruel Intentions (1999),
Scooby-Doo (2002), and The
Grudge (2004). Many of her fans were surprised when she played an
ex-porn star in Southland Tales (2007). But much of the porn
industry is run by bloodsuckers, so it may not be so surprising after all.
So in memory of her iconic role as Buffy Summers, we recommended making a
batch of Bat Wings and renting a DVD of any of the Buffy TV episodes.
Bat Wings
Wings Ingredients
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Sauce Ingredients
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20 chicken wings (3&1/2 pounds)
1/2 cup soy sauce
2 tsp grated fresh ginger or 1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
1 tsp five spice powder
2 cloves garlic, minced |
8-oz dairy sour cream
3 TB coarse ground mustard
Chives for garnish
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