On February 10, in an emotional statement released on Twitter, Carpenter finally came forward, publicly accusing Whedon of retaliating against her when she became pregnant.
Eliza Dushku, who played vampire-slayer Faith in the series, Instagrammed her own statement of support for Carpenter on Friday. Thank you. In , Cole wrote an essay for The Wrap , addressing their divorce after 16 years of marriage. Chipping away at you. But I now see how he used his relationship with me as a shield, both during and after our marriage, so no one would question his relationships with other women or scrutinize his writing as anything other than feminist.
Whedon has a history of creating strong often they are literal superheroes female characters, but typically those characters are white women who fit a very particular beauty standard, viewed through a distinctly cis-het male lens. Indeed, it read as a sort of male-gaze bodice-ripper. Her dark hair waterfalls to her shoulders in soft arcs and curls. Here, the woman who has conquered all and saved the world many times over becomes the victim of sexual assault.
From Spike to Xander to the Trio , the women of Buffy are yanked around and consistently deemed out of control emotionally by their male counterparts.
Same With Angel and yup, Firefly too … Marti She of the great brain and great beauty and I shaped this year very carefully, and while we made mistakes as we do every year , we made our show.
We explored what we wanted to, said what we meant. However, as short as it was , Whedon managed to squeeze in the same sexist tropes that got him into hot water with Buffy , primarily: giving women their power through trauma. River Tam, played by Summer Glau, was a young runaway born with genius intellect who throughout the season is treated like a pseudo-child after brutal government experiments leave her traumatized and with erratic psychic powers.
It was … confusing, to say the least. When asked to return for the th episode, Carpenter requested that Cordelia not die, something she says everyone agreed to, only to have production later backpedal and kill off Cordelia anyway. While Noxon held a stronger writing hand as producer in season six of Buffy , Whedon was at the helm of Angel throughout the entire series with his co-creator, David Greenwalt. It became a theme throughout the series that while male characters grow through each birth, women lose their agency and their lives, paying the final price for their birth.
Throughout the film, Black Widow is flattened to being a sexy caretaker for Bruce Banner, and in a pivotal scene with him, she equates her inability to have children with being a monster. Shortly after, Whedon left Twitter, which many thought was because of the criticism he was receiving from feminists. June Whedon received lots of backlash after his scrapped Wonder Woman script was leaked in for all of the internet to see. Over and over again, he wanted you to know that Wonder Woman was strong but also extremely sexy.
View Resume ». Both his father, Tom Whedon and his grandfather, John Whedon were successful television writers. Joss' mother, Lee Stearns, was a history teacher and she also wrote novels as Lee Whedon.
Whedon was raised in New York and was educated at Riverdale See full bio ». Filmography by Job Trailers and Videos. Hollywood Icons, Then and Now. Share this page:. Around The Web Provided by Taboola. Projects In Development Goners. Details only on IMDbPro ». Create a list ». Favorite Directors. Fav Directors. See all related lists ». Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDb page. Find out more at IMDbPro ». How Much Have You Seen? How much of Joss Whedon's work have you seen?
Most Visionary Science-Fiction Director? Call the doctor! Favorite Joss Whedon Television Work? See more polls ». Nominated for 1 Oscar. See more awards ». Known For. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Writer. The Avengers Writer. The Cabin in the Woods Writer. Angel Writer. Show all Hide all Show by Hide Show Writer 36 credits. Show all 12 episodes. Agents of S.
0コメント