I don't disagree...because to an extent, he has done just that. Whedon set out to do Buffy as a counter-point to all those films where the girl is killed in the alley. But, in the series Angel, he himself admits that he sort of plays right into that motif - once again the girl is either the victim or a deranged super-being out to kill or control him - which admittedly is a motif of the genre in which he was writing.
I wonder if he is considering what his art is saying? I wonder if any of them are? To what extent do writers think about it? Now, with the internet - they have more access to how their art is perceived - which makes me wonder to what extent do they read what we say about it?
Whedon's...finger-pointing bugs me a bit. Here's a man who claims to be for female equality and empowerment - yet, most of the writers and artists he employs are men. The film he shows on the net, has one actress in it and one cameo by a female writer - that I could see.
I find it disturbing. And I've seen enough of his work to see common themes and motifs regarding women used over and over again. The female heroine is often killed at the end. If she survives - it's because someone brought her back. The men see the women as objects or objectify them in ways that are...disturbing. Is Whedon alone in doing this? I wish. Unfortunately, he is only doing what the majority of male writers do. Part of my own frustration with the writer is the wish that he'll break this pattern. But I don't think that's possible.
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Date: 2008-07-20 09:24 pm (UTC)I wonder if he is considering what his art is saying? I wonder if any of them are? To what extent do writers think about it? Now, with the internet - they have more access to how their art is perceived - which makes me wonder to what extent do they read what we say about it?
Whedon's...finger-pointing bugs me a bit. Here's a man who claims to be for female equality and empowerment - yet, most of the writers and artists he employs are men. The film he shows on the net, has one actress in it and one cameo by a female writer - that I could see.
I find it disturbing. And I've seen enough of his work to see common themes and motifs regarding women used over and over again. The female heroine is often killed at the end. If she survives - it's because someone brought her back.
The men see the women as objects or objectify them in ways that are...disturbing. Is Whedon alone in doing this? I wish. Unfortunately, he is only doing what the majority of male writers do.
Part of my own frustration with the writer is the wish that he'll break this pattern. But I don't think that's possible.