^ Well... we residents of HelL. A. may not be the brightest bears in the woods. Consider: we sit in two hours of traffic both ways, yet make only a minimal effort (for a metro area of our size) to maintain and promote fast, cheap, and reliable public transportation; we endure earthquakes, flash floods, mud slides, and wild fires; we pay out the nose for everything, especially housing; we think a temperature of 60 degrees constitutes use of the word "cold;" and we pretty much accept as commonplace people of every possible description (who's to say some of them aren't demons?). For all of this, we get in return... um... the appeal of excellent weather? I mean, with some part of the city always on fire and strange-looking folks like rock stars and Hollywood types being part of the daily scenery, who's to say the demony stuff would really stand out?
That said, I always thought the Interview with the Vampire vampires had a high reality quotient, too. They are a lot like the Buffyverse vamps... human/monster hybrids instead of just monsters. I tend to like any vamp mythology in which the vamps have a lot of blendability, you know? Of course, I do maintain that right before he eats the 18th century fop, Lestat's face is one of the scariest things I've ever seen. No WAY he blended into the rest of society. I'd take one look at that guy and get a major case of the run-in-the-opposite-direction wiggins. Maybe they just thought he had TB or something (which, you know, still should have prompted the "Danger! Danger Will Robinson! vibe).
