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Firefly and/or Joss Whedon
Is it cold in here?:
Subverted tropes ("this is something the Captain has to do for himself"), an apparently simple but actually enigmatic lead character ("I've seen so many versions of you"), snappy dialog, and Kaylee.
hannahsaurusrex:
Carl-E, I'm not going to tell you it's the best thing ever, but it is definitely worth watching.
I personally love dark sarcastic character shows with heart. Examples being Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, Community, and Northern Exposure as some of my favorite programs of all time.
This show fits in nicely with those. They are ensemble shows, where everyone when given the chance to shine, does. (Except for Inara, I hated that character) I don't know if you want details about the deep bonds of love, honor, or shared trauma, if you want to know that this show is clever without becoming too smug, or that it really does have a feeling of no one is safe, even if everyone kinda is. But once again if you like the above shows, you'll probably like Firefly.
Akima:
--- Quote from: hannahsaurusrex on 08 Mar 2011, 19:47 ---In reality, I'm simply trying to ease the tension for you with a made up theory, because I DEEPLY hate it whenever people get touchy about race in media. I understand the frustration, but what then happens is Affirmative Action miscasting.
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I don't think you do understand the frustration if you see the tension as the problem that needs to be "eased", rather than the issues with representation of ethnic minorities that provoke it. I don't accept for one moment that getting "touchy" inevitably leads to miscasting. I would suggest that getting "touchy" and speaking out are the only way to nudge things along. I see no reason why anyone should care what Hollywood's timetable is, or "how it works in LA". So I'm sorry it makes you uncomfortable (very sorry actually), but I and others are not going to stop getting "touchy" any time soon. I can't think of any legitimate reason why anyone would expect it.
--- Quote from: innermoppet on 08 Mar 2011, 20:55 ---That said, isn't it strange how limited our perceptions are? I found myself acutely aware of the problems on Buffy and Angel with regards to the lack of diversity but I really didn't think about the lack of Asians on Firefly which was based in a world where China and US were the dominating/melded cultures. Wow, hello ethnocentrism. I feel like a jerk now.
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Great post! And yeah, ethnocentrism... I'm sure I'm not surprising anyone by admitting that I'm particularly sensitive to issues related to the representation (and lack of it) in media of East Asians in general and Chinese people in particular. I am slower to pick up problems relating to other ethnic groups, and it makes me feel like a jerk too, but every foot-soldier only sees a small part of the battlefield.
akronnick:
I know this may sound a bit like "Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?" but...
Other than the cultural issues, (which I totally see your point about, I just watched the first disc of the series and now that I'm looking for it, I can really see watch your saying) Akima, what did you think of Firefly.
hannahsaurusrex:
I'm Jewish, there's still terrible representations of my culture in media. I get frustrated when there hasn't been a bar/bat mitzvah accurately represented on screen, how the only thing ever mentioned about our traditions is Hannukah and that damn song, how everyone is ALWAYS HALF Jewish with their parents normally divorcing so they celebrate Christmas anyway. But I recognize that all the Judeo-Christian parts of Indiana Jones focused on the Christian parts, or that Old Testament stories are always lead up to Jesus when told on television and accept it.
Did I get mad that the only religion in Firefly is christian or atheist, a bit, but whatyagonnado?
It may not be a race but it's a culture, and I still get mad that people have to change their name
to get jobs.
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