Good thoughts on BatB vs. Dead Things -- and Pete/Debbie vs. Warren/Katrina. The way Oz and Willow mirror each other w.r.t. the hidden power, which they keep very deeply covered and try to control by denying it entirely/caging it, is really interesting.
I actually like the shifting of the metaphors, because I think it mirrors the problems with our own life: the categories we try to apply to people never hold forever. I think AtS' black-gang-vs-Angel-and-other-demons episode was pretty unsuccessful, but Xander's attack on Spike in Entropy works as a metaphor not so much because it paints Xander as a racist, but because it demonstrates Xander's willingness to box Spike into a category which is convenient for Xander -- he's a cad, so I can treat him however I like (this time). Which I think works, even if Spike is a former member of the dominant class.
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I actually like the shifting of the metaphors, because I think it mirrors the problems with our own life: the categories we try to apply to people never hold forever. I think AtS' black-gang-vs-Angel-and-other-demons episode was pretty unsuccessful, but Xander's attack on Spike in Entropy works as a metaphor not so much because it paints Xander as a racist, but because it demonstrates Xander's willingness to box Spike into a category which is convenient for Xander -- he's a cad, so I can treat him however I like (this time). Which I think works, even if Spike is a former member of the dominant class.