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A review by alexampersand
Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Rhonda Wilcox
4.0
Really interesting; even after the shocking amounts of times I have seen Buffy, there are things that never even occurred to me. Like the Gentlemen representing the patriarchy; the couples in Once More With Feeling wearing coordinating colours; the phallic symbolism of Spike, and even the Freudian sexual connotations to the whole vampire myth.
I felt like at times the book could have been better structured; the first half of the book is 'general' essays, about the series as a whole, and at times it feels like then there is too much to focus on anything in particular. But then, the second half of the book focuses on specific episodes (Hush, Restless, The Body, Once More With Feeling) but even these, at least once in each essay it mentions that 'this subject is far too wide so we will only skim it'. I kind of wish the full essays had been written, that weren't just skimming the surface.
Nevertheless, a genuinely fascinating read.
I felt like at times the book could have been better structured; the first half of the book is 'general' essays, about the series as a whole, and at times it feels like then there is too much to focus on anything in particular. But then, the second half of the book focuses on specific episodes (Hush, Restless, The Body, Once More With Feeling) but even these, at least once in each essay it mentions that 'this subject is far too wide so we will only skim it'. I kind of wish the full essays had been written, that weren't just skimming the surface.
Nevertheless, a genuinely fascinating read.