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Nice:
Each of those first few weeks gave us Echo in a new outfit (here she is as innocent school girl, here a leather and chains dominatrix, here as sporty action chick). But it all seemed... kind of cheap. Shallow. Not up to the cleverness of Whedon's previous work.
And then I got it. And when I got it, I was embarrassed that it took me so long to get it.
Dollhouse is meta-fiction. The whole show, and I mean the whole show, is commentary. It's not about guys with a brain washing machine who can make someone behave how they want. It's about what it means that guys with a brain washing machine use that device to satisfy shallow, mostly sexual, fantasies.
And the commentary doesn't extend just to the device of the show. Whedon is reflecting on what it means to have a television show. The brain washing device is an analog for television that's as old as the medium. Give someone a chance to build a whole program full of new characters and what will they make? Mostly characters that are a reflection of their creators or which define some "dream girl / dream boy" who meets their needs and has no internal demands. Easy sex, eye candy, and no commitments. Tune in next week.
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Each of those first few weeks gave us Echo in a new outfit (here she is as innocent school girl, here a leather and chains dominatrix, here as sporty action chick). But it all seemed... kind of cheap. Shallow. Not up to the cleverness of Whedon's previous work.
And then I got it. And when I got it, I was embarrassed that it took me so long to get it.
Dollhouse is meta-fiction. The whole show, and I mean the whole show, is commentary. It's not about guys with a brain washing machine who can make someone behave how they want. It's about what it means that guys with a brain washing machine use that device to satisfy shallow, mostly sexual, fantasies.
And the commentary doesn't extend just to the device of the show. Whedon is reflecting on what it means to have a television show. The brain washing device is an analog for television that's as old as the medium. Give someone a chance to build a whole program full of new characters and what will they make? Mostly characters that are a reflection of their creators or which define some "dream girl / dream boy" who meets their needs and has no internal demands. Easy sex, eye candy, and no commitments. Tune in next week.
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wiesengrund - 26. April, 09:53
