Thoughts on Rewatching “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” in the wake of the Whedon allegations
Photo credit: Ben Gabbe/Getty Images and Them.us Recently, I’ve begun reprising “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” series with an eye to examining how much of the show’s DNA has been passed on down through succeeding generations in both film and TV. Also, I wanted to see if my sense of the characters has changed much and last, but certainly not least, what effect the past year or so of allegations against Joss Whedon recast how I view the series/read the text. It’s this last that’s going to occupy us here, but the other two approaches are part of the mix, as well. I first watched “Buffy” beginning with the third season and caught up through reruns. I stuck with it fairly devotedly/regularly through season five and didn’t really see all of six and seven until I got a boxed set of DVDs. I did catch the odd season six/seven episode when they aired and wild horses weren’t going to stop me from watching the series finale. I came to actually prefer “Angel” at a certain point but felt things we...