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Oh, My Poor Boy! (4.00 / 1)

I know it's useless to argue these things.

My sister's got very good taste, generally.  I just know to ignore the genres I'm not into.  But Margret Drabble, no less, called her "the perfect reader," which for an English prof is the best kind of cred, IMHO.  Still, she doesn't even begin to entertain the idea of Buffy.  So if she doesn't, what chance do you have?

Still, I must explain: this is best damn writer working in television today.  More moral complexity than almost anyone else ever dreamed of.  Jane Espenson, co-executive producer of Battlestar Galactica--another show notable for moral complexity--was a Whedon protege who really came into her own writing for Buffy.  She was also a student of Lakoff's at UC Berkeley.

"Senate passes expanded GI bill despite Bush, McCain opposition"

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by: Paul Rosenberg @ Sat Jul 04, 2009 at 14:12:04 PM CDT

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Yeah, well, I asked for it, din't I.... (0.00 / 0)

Battlestar Galactica? Moral complexity? (I did give them a brief thumbs up for stealing from Mario Savio, and the reprise of LBJ's swearing in was delicately done, etc., etc., but Christ-on-a-crutch, what a mess they made of it in the end.)

I should quit while I can still walk away. In fact, I'm going to. Right now....

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by: William Timberman @ Sat Jul 04, 2009 at 14:20:48 PM CDT

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If you don't see moral complexity in BSG you are tone deaf. (0.00 / 0)

imho.

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by: cornagainstsorcery @ Sun Jul 05, 2009 at 04:16:05 AM CDT

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Yes, what you're talking about is easy to see, (0.00 / 0)

because it invariably has Moral Complexity™ stamped on it somewhere. This isn't exactly moral complexity as I understand it; it's more like using a six-pound sledgehammer to kill flies. If you must look for moral complexity in a popular TV show, try The Wire.

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by: William Timberman @ Sun Jul 05, 2009 at 09:49:35 AM CDT

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