‘Breaking Dawn’ embraces campy premise

‘Breaking Dawn’ embraces campy premise
The latest installment in the 'Twilight' film saga opens Friday. AP/Kimberley French
‘Breaking Dawn’ embraces campy premise
The latest installment in the 'Twilight' film saga opens Friday. AP/Kimberley French

‘Breaking Dawn’ embraces campy premise

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First comes the white wedding in the woods, then the sultry honeymoon on an island off of Rio De Janeiro, then, the sudden and life-threatening pregnancy.

Major bummer dudes! That is the set up of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn-Part 1, the latest installment in the human-vampire love fest.

To find out how the teen vamps, werewolves and humans made the transition to adulthood, Eight Forty-Eight was joined by Christy LeMaster, who runs the Nightingale Theatre and teaches at Columbia College Chicago.

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