I still haven't seen it! But I enjoy reading discussions of it.
Whedon (of whose stuff I've actually seen very little: a number of Firefly episodes, one episode of Dr. Horrible... that's it) strikes me both from what I've seen and what I've heard as a guy stuck in the beginner's stages of feminism, when everyone else is far, far ahead--so he ends up looking (and.... being) regressive. "OMG LOOK!!! Women are, like, people, and, and, they can do stuff! They can be almost as--no, strike that, they can actually be as good as men. Mind blowing, right? OMG. OMG."
And everyone watching is like, dude. What is your problem with women, already.
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Date: 2013-11-23 02:11 pm (UTC)Whedon (of whose stuff I've actually seen very little: a number of Firefly episodes, one episode of Dr. Horrible... that's it) strikes me both from what I've seen and what I've heard as a guy stuck in the beginner's stages of feminism, when everyone else is far, far ahead--so he ends up looking (and.... being) regressive. "OMG LOOK!!! Women are, like, people, and, and, they can do stuff! They can be almost as--no, strike that, they can actually be as good as men. Mind blowing, right? OMG. OMG."
And everyone watching is like, dude. What is your problem with women, already.