I agree it does. The more I think about it - it does more than that, it shines a light on us as well or our society. It's such a nuanced article - and a very unsettling and disturbing one on multiple levels.
I'm not sure why the article was done. Whedon was apparently interviewed for it late last Spring in 2021. He had time to change things, if he wanted to. Maybe he did? If so, how can he be this unself-aware?
The things he says are far more damning than anything anyone else has said. If anything his words instead of absolving him - verify and confirm the allegations, many of which were understandably anonymous.
And the author frames it oddly - which makes it all the more unsettling, because she begins and ends it with the Whedon fandom, pretty much stating that "the cult of personality" cultivated by Whedon and the marketing/promotional arm of the studios that he worked with, in part enabled his behavior and added to the situation. Although, I'm not sure you can hold Whedon's fandom accountable for Whedon's private actions that said fandom was mostly oblivious to until recently.
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Date: 2022-01-20 02:18 pm (UTC)I'm not sure why the article was done. Whedon was apparently interviewed for it late last Spring in 2021. He had time to change things, if he wanted to. Maybe he did? If so, how can he be this unself-aware?
The things he says are far more damning than anything anyone else has said. If anything his words instead of absolving him - verify and confirm the allegations, many of which were understandably anonymous.
And the author frames it oddly - which makes it all the more unsettling, because she begins and ends it with the Whedon fandom, pretty much stating that "the cult of personality" cultivated by Whedon and the marketing/promotional arm of the studios that he worked with, in part enabled his behavior and added to the situation. Although, I'm not sure you can hold Whedon's fandom accountable for Whedon's private actions that said fandom was mostly oblivious to until recently.