Deconstructing Dr. Horrible
Nur eine von vielen derzeit spannenden Ideen/Analysen zu Dr. Horrible:
Yeah, it would be cool if she had whipped out an uzi and mowed them all down, then stood atop their corpses and said, "And that's what happens to jerks who mistreat women!"
Except that's not how it goes. That isn't how it goes at all. Women get torn apart over stuff like this. Their lives get destroyed. That's the sucker punch with this piece. If it didn't make you mad, then you missed the point.
This is, of course, entirely what I am reading into it. I don't know what Joss' intent was. If this is what he was trying to say, then go me, I rule. If not, well we watch and we take away what we take away. This is what I took away from it.
The fact that it's all wrapped up in something that is, in parts, genuinely hilarious is masterful. This isn't me swooning over the awesomeness that is Whedon. As I've stated before, he is not my hero. But Joss, if this is what you were aiming for? You nailed it. If you were trying to do something else and I missed it? Well, this is what you should have been doing, and if you want to nod and say you meant it all along, I won't tell.
What I hated about it is what I loved about it, and there aren't many works in any medium where I can say that and mean it.
And that's me, taking silly fun and making it dreadfully serious.
Zu einer anderen, der Innocence-Debatte, werd ich später vielleicht etwas selbst sagen. Es gibt da grad echt viel aufzuarbeiten.
Yeah, it would be cool if she had whipped out an uzi and mowed them all down, then stood atop their corpses and said, "And that's what happens to jerks who mistreat women!"
Except that's not how it goes. That isn't how it goes at all. Women get torn apart over stuff like this. Their lives get destroyed. That's the sucker punch with this piece. If it didn't make you mad, then you missed the point.
This is, of course, entirely what I am reading into it. I don't know what Joss' intent was. If this is what he was trying to say, then go me, I rule. If not, well we watch and we take away what we take away. This is what I took away from it.
The fact that it's all wrapped up in something that is, in parts, genuinely hilarious is masterful. This isn't me swooning over the awesomeness that is Whedon. As I've stated before, he is not my hero. But Joss, if this is what you were aiming for? You nailed it. If you were trying to do something else and I missed it? Well, this is what you should have been doing, and if you want to nod and say you meant it all along, I won't tell.
What I hated about it is what I loved about it, and there aren't many works in any medium where I can say that and mean it.
And that's me, taking silly fun and making it dreadfully serious.
Zu einer anderen, der Innocence-Debatte, werd ich später vielleicht etwas selbst sagen. Es gibt da grad echt viel aufzuarbeiten.
wiesengrund - 24. Juli, 18:24
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