Maybe I admire the pure absolute moral backdrop underlying the Buffy/Angel battles, much as Xena has the whole backdrop of pagan & Christian myths to play against.
Great heroes are defined in the end by their ultimate enemies.
-- Nathan Newman
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Kromm" <ckromm at mindspring.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 4:49 PM Subject: Re: Buffy & Angel
Love Buffy; can't get into Angel, because it's on at the same time as Dark Angel -- I live to see Jessica Alba kick bad guy ass each week (with her friend, "Original Cindy," who is lesbian and proud.) CK
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Newman" <nathan at newman.org> To: <lbo-Talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 1:16 PM Subject: Buffy & Angel
> Hi all,
>
> Just throwing this thread up to get some discussion on our
Sunnydale-and-LA
> friends, which has been missing from LBO for a while.
>
> It never ceases to amaze me that sci-fi/fantasy allows all sorts of things
> to hide in plain sight. While the media discusses the comparative
existence
> of gay & lesbian charcters on various networks, while noting how little
> action they get, Willow and her squeeze have happily been making out
pretty
> regularly with a couple of pretty erotic shows.
>
> I should note that my circle of progressive law student buddies all pretty
> religiously watch the shows, although Angel has been getting especial
> appreciation this year. The fact that the bad guys are a corporate law
firm
> whose senior partner is Satan or some variation is of course great. But
the
> trials of Angel & friends to run a small org to fight the good fight,
while
> struggling to pay the bills, is about as close as you get on TV to
detailing
> the actual day-to-day trials of many political activists.
>
> Have to admit that these shows are still my only must-see TV shows. Still
> one of the smartest written shows on TV as well.
>
> Nathan Newman
>