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Tarzan the swinger Transplanted ape man embodies adulterous lust in new WB series.(Time Out!)

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From: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Date: 20031003
Author:Cox, Ted

Byline: Ted Cox Daily Herald TV/Radio Columnist

Tarzan has always been a powerful symbol of animal sexuality. Edgar Rice Burroughs' first story about the ape man was published in 1914, and it took just four years for him to make the leap to movies in "Tarzan of the Apes," with Elmo Lincoln in the title role and Enid Markey as Jane. Their 1918 sequel was entitled, not so subtly, "Romance of Tarzan."

Johnny Weissmuller was the most famous Tarzan of the talkie era, debuting in 1932's "Tarzan the Ape Man," with Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane. Their 1934 follow-up, "Tarzan and His ...

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