File spoon-archives/anarchy-list.archive/anarchy-list_2001/anarchy-list.0111, message 90


Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 13:35:21 +0000
From: Iain McKay <iain.mckay-AT-zetnet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Forget the anthrax - startling Buffy TVS revelation


hello all

ninetyone andy wrote:

> My fragile belief system has taken a bitof a
> battering.
> 
> In the Evening Standard yesterday came the news that
> Jaq Bayles, 39, has been awarded an MA in English
> based on her studies of BTVS.
> 
> 'It's a very rich text. Buffy is portrayed as being
> more monstrous than the monsters themselves, because
> she usurps the patriarchal order. She is an aggressive
> female, and as a slayer of vampires is also a
> penetrator, aligned with male sexuality.'
> 
> Can this be true? Surely she seriously underrates the
> influence of Giles as a wise patriach type. ot to
> menton the collaborative efforts of the gang as
> acknowledged by Spike?? 

quite! how can you explain why Adam tried to
break the scobby gang up in order to ensure
his success? Or the fact it was the whole
gang together which ensured that he was
destroyed? And lets not get started on the
Mayor! Mass uprising and the use of explosives,
and all that...

anyways, Giles may think of himself as a wise
patriach type, but the scooby gang is really
an anarchist collectives -- as recognised by
those military types in the Initiative!

Iain


   

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