but I had no idea DB did too. Actors! Such drama queens! Heh!
Oh there was extensive whining from Vincent K. and Sarah Michelle Gellar as well. Gellar was still put out about how they treated her during the auditions, and did not like where they were taking her character in S6 and was quite vocal about it. VK was upset that he had no say on his character and couldn't evolve the character.
Whedon stated at one point that his mistake - was becoming buddy-buddy with the actors in the early seasons and forgetting that he's their boss and they need to respect him and do what he tells them.
Actors, unless they are producing the show, have relatively little control over what happens on the set or on-screen. Imagine going to work each day and being told to make out with a co-worker, on-camera, half-nude, who you don't particularly like and annoys you? Or one that you like but wouldn't particularly want to be nude around? It's hard to feel too sorry for them - because they did pick this profession knowing full well what it required and they get paid a lot of money to do it.
Remember a producer/director telling me once - hardest thing is directing actors. I'd buy that - I tried doing it at the high school level and hated it.;-)
Now I'm intrigued to know who this minority is, of course. I can guess, but maybe I'm wrong.
I'm trying really really hard to not to piss people off who may or may not be reading this and be diplomatic, because mileage varies. The minority is the folks who felt rightly or wrongly that the tv series was sending a negative moral message to impressionable minds. And were outraged that Whedon would put Buffy with Spike after Spike attempted to rape her in Seeing Red in any romantic capacity whatsoever, because according to their experiences and worldview doing such a thing promoted violence against women and promoted a message that men can rape women and get away with it. Also that it was obviously impossible in their worldview and to anyone with half a brain that a man who attempted to rape a woman would ever in a million years feel remorse for this or be trustworthy or try to atone, nor should he ever be allowed back in her life. They felt that her forgiving him in any way or letting herself love him or kissing him - was obviously an endorsement of rape, and anyone who thought otherwise was an apologist or hopeless romantic. Also they felt rightly or wrongly that obviously Spike could not be redeemed nor was redeemed because he still wore Nikki's jacket and dissed her memory to her son, the righteous Robin Wood. (shrugs)
And they do not listen or see any argument or view different from theirs as legitmate or unoffensive, were completely unaware that they were being offensive to anyone else, because you know they are right, you are wrong, and they are in the beleagured minority - and if you try to, you get shot down and well, called all sorts of nasty names.
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Oh there was extensive whining from Vincent K. and Sarah Michelle Gellar as well. Gellar was still put out about how they treated her during the auditions, and did not like where they were taking her character in S6 and was quite vocal about it. VK was upset that he had no say on his character and couldn't evolve the character.
Whedon stated at one point that his mistake - was becoming buddy-buddy with the actors in the early seasons and forgetting that he's their boss and they need to respect him and do what he tells them.
Actors, unless they are producing the show, have relatively little control over what happens on the set or on-screen. Imagine going to work each day and being told to make out with a co-worker, on-camera, half-nude, who you don't particularly like and annoys you?
Or one that you like but wouldn't particularly want to be nude around? It's hard to feel too sorry for them - because they did pick this profession knowing full well what it required and they get paid a lot of money to do it.
Remember a producer/director telling me once - hardest thing is directing actors. I'd buy that - I tried doing it at the high school level and hated it.;-)
Now I'm intrigued to know who this minority is, of course. I can guess, but maybe I'm wrong.
I'm trying really really hard to not to piss people off who may or may not be reading this and be diplomatic, because mileage varies. The minority is the folks who felt rightly or wrongly that the tv series was sending a negative moral message to impressionable minds. And were outraged that Whedon would put Buffy with Spike after Spike attempted to rape her in Seeing Red in any romantic capacity whatsoever, because according to their experiences and worldview doing such a thing promoted violence against women and promoted a message that men can rape women and get away with it. Also that it was obviously impossible in their worldview and to anyone with half a brain that a man who attempted to rape a woman would ever in a million years feel remorse for this or be trustworthy or try to atone, nor should he ever be allowed back in her life. They felt that her forgiving him in any way or letting herself love him or kissing him - was obviously an endorsement of rape, and anyone who thought otherwise was an apologist or hopeless romantic. Also they felt rightly or wrongly that obviously Spike could not be redeemed nor was redeemed because he still wore Nikki's jacket and dissed her memory to her son, the righteous Robin Wood. (shrugs)
And they do not listen or see any argument or view different from theirs as legitmate or unoffensive, were completely unaware that they were being offensive to anyone else, because you know they are right, you are wrong, and they are in the beleagured minority - and if you try to, you get shot down and well, called all sorts of nasty names.
Sigh. Aren't you glad you asked? ;-)