Help please; I have to give a talk on the Whedonverse by Darwi

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Help please; I have to give a talk on the Whedonverse

POSTED BY: DARWI
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 02:59
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 1:25 AM

I was wondering if anyone could be of assistance; in a week I have to give a Powerpoint talk on the 'Whedonverse'. It is for a work social (wine tasting) and it is my turn to give a 45 minute talk on something of interest.

I have chosen the 'Whedonverse'.

In essence I want to show a few clips of the shows (Buffy, Angel, and Firefly) to illustrate what is attractive about Joss's work.

I wan't to divide it up into;

a) The dialogue.

b) Strong female characters

c) Moral ambiguity (characters keep blurring good vs bad)

d) The lack of redshirts (main characters become expendable)

e) The metaphors in his story lines.

Anyway... can anyone suggest what clips (30 to 60s) I should use to demonstrate the above points.

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 2:23 AM

FARFLY

a) I would use the classroom scene from Hush.

c) Would be from Fool for Love. Buffy perceives Spike's attraction to her and rejects him. Although Spike, who is infuriated, plans to kill Buffy with a shotgun, he ultimately comforts her ...

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 2:59 AM

RALLEM

You might want to mention some of the negative sides to the Whedonverse according to the "main stream," such as how the "main stream" says that Whedon while proclaiming strong woman tends to stereotypes them as all combat specialists, but then you could acknowledge this perspective by listing a few of the women who are combat specialists in Whedonverse, and then highlight women like Kaylee who is considered strong but not a combat specialist. By acknowledging an opponent’s view points you allow a door for them to see your perspective as you later on destroy their views. After illustrating how Kaylee is different from the combat specialists which people accuse Joss of stereotyping women as, you could then go into the backgrounds of such women like Zoe, River, and Buffy and show how they became who they are. In Zoe’s case she fought a war of independence and had to be the most disciplined soldier so that she and her compatriots could survive, and that discipline stuck with her, with River she was a victim of a government who wished to turn her into a secret weapon against her will, and with Buffy you could mention that she was a care free cheerleader or what ever she did before the vampires in her world began acting up and was forced to combat them. I am not very knowledgeable in any of the Joss Whedon shows besides Firefly because I am not a fan of vampires. You will want to do some research on what are the “main stream” views of Joss Whedon’s works so you can acknowledge them and then crush them. Good luck.

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