Craig Hill
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Oracle of DelphiInspiration for Desperate Housewives
July 7th 2006 03:19
Scandal, betrayal and gossip. Drama, comedy and mystery. Wisteria Lane has become one of the most fascinating and entertaining places on earth. How exactly did the idea for the hit ABC series Desperate Housewives come about in the first place? Believe it or not, creator Mark Cherry was inspired by a real life court case involving, you guessed it, a desperate housewife!
In 2002 Andrea Yates was convicted of drowning her children in a bathtub and was sentenced to life imprisonment with eligibility for parole in 40 years. Medical reports showed that she suffered depression after the birth of each of her five children and had become ‘clearly psychotic’ as a result of the pressures of her life as a housewife.
Meanwhile, the man behind the hit series, Marc Cherry was at home with his own mother watching the case on TV when he turned around and said, “Can you imagine a woman being so desperate that she would hurt her own children?” And hence began the idea for a series about the frustrations, complexities and every day life of intriguing, beautiful, less than perfect women.
And as for Andrea Yates? She had her conviction reversed in January this year by the Texas Court of Appeal. It was discovered that an expert witness had provided false testimony which may have wrongly influenced the jury’s decision. She is currently being re-trialled and has pleaded not guilty on the basis of insanity.
*The image used in this post is from Wikipedia and is a posterfor the ABC series Desperate Housewives. It is used to illustrate and review the origins of the series and thus qualifies as fair dealing under Australian copyright laws.
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