First, thanks for the mp3! I haven't listened yet -- need a little time first. :-P
that, right there, *is* the show, the moral of the story
Oooh! Do I get a cookie? ;-)
But seriously, it's interesting that that theme isn't perhaps so obvious to other people, because it's sure screaming out at me. It seems to be the whole point. I've found the comparison to other syaers and the attitude of the Council really interesting in that regard, because they seem to regard the Slayer as just a tool and not a human being with a life. In a sense, it almost casts a misogynistic light on the fact that the Slayer is female (assuming they're always female, which I don't know for sure). She becomes just another tool for male domination of the world, and completely incapable of existing or making decisions without a man telling her what step to take next.
And it isn't until you have other example of how it might be that those sorts of things pop up.
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Date: 2006-09-01 03:12 pm (UTC)that, right there, *is* the show, the moral of the story
Oooh! Do I get a cookie? ;-)
But seriously, it's interesting that that theme isn't perhaps so obvious to other people, because it's sure screaming out at me. It seems to be the whole point. I've found the comparison to other syaers and the attitude of the Council really interesting in that regard, because they seem to regard the Slayer as just a tool and not a human being with a life. In a sense, it almost casts a misogynistic light on the fact that the Slayer is female (assuming they're always female, which I don't know for sure). She becomes just another tool for male domination of the world, and completely incapable of existing or making decisions without a man telling her what step to take next.
And it isn't until you have other example of how it might be that those sorts of things pop up.