Sep 2
Buffy an example of great televisual art?
The mere existenceof Buffy proves the declinists wrong about one thing: Hollywood commercialism can produce great art. Complex and evolving characters. Playful language. Joy and sorrow, pathos, and elation. Episodes that dare to be different — to tell stories in silence or in song. Big themes and terrible choices. In the shows most wrenching moment, Buffy kisses her one true love and saves the world by sending him to hell. (09/02/03)
Well, Anna seems to agree, and, I have to say, but for series 1, Buffy was pretty durn good. It never took itself too seriously, tried to make moral statements, or be high drama. And heck, for this viewer, they even managed to create a werewolf character that was well done. Let’s hope the powers that be ditch the horrid Enterprise and pick up Ripper (staring Giles) in its place.
Via: Rational Review.
David Janes breaks down Postrel’s piece and adds his own comments. He has found some great quotes from Buffy too, like this little ditty.
Principal Snyder: I know Principal Flutie would have said, ‘Kids need understanding. Kids are human beings.’ That’s the kind of wooly-headed liberal thinking that leads to being eaten.
