On May 1, 4:22 pm, Brandon Blackmoor <bblackm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> roguerouge wrote:
>
> > The idea behind the paper is to look at how
>
> > one way to examine how influential media representation
> > can be is by studying what its most devoted consumers
> > actually do with the material they know so well.
>
> That's like examining the influence of the modern fantasy novel by
> asking people about Sword of Shanarra and Eragon. Buffy is a pop-culture
> synthesis of victorian penny-dreadfuls and their post-Universal Studios
> representation in the 20th century. The Buffy TV series is an end
> result, not a cause.
>
> I enjoyed the show, but I wouldn't devote a paper to it.
>
> --
> bblackmoor
Of course, end results do have a way of becoming causal agents later
on down the line. After all, as you know, those penny dreadfuls came
from somewhere too. (Not that I'm particularly interested in comparing
the series to the sources that you do.)
Rather than swamp the list, if you'd like to see an introduction to
why I think the series is more complex than that, take a look at this
link:
http://www.slayageonline.com/essays/slayage19/Kociemba.htm
Best wishes,
David
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