tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post31550377060462700..comments2024-03-25T17:38:55.490-07:00Comments on Dar Kush: Love, Faith, and SexSteven Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630529492355131777noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-34675747876005263752022-07-22T07:13:57.969-07:002022-07-22T07:13:57.969-07:00replica bags joy fake gucci p0r06y9u14 replica eve...replica bags joy <a href="https://www.dolabuy.ru/gucci-c-157_168/" rel="nofollow"><strong>fake gucci</strong></a> p0r06y9u14 replica evening bags redirected here a9z25z1k19 <a href="https://www.dolabuy.ru/louis-vuitton-c-157_158/" rel="nofollow"><strong>replica louis vuitton handbags</strong></a> best replica bags online 2018 b4b16d3s64 go to website r6a68q5u02 <a href="https://www.dolabuy.ru/" rel="nofollow"><strong>gucci replica</strong></a> replica bags in dubainasmisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701997416158208623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-32039101239632176462022-05-03T18:42:46.556-07:002022-05-03T18:42:46.556-07:00replica bags london 7a replica bags replica zara...<a href="https://teighl07632.blogspot.com/2022/04/low-cost-gucci-replica-bags-purses.html" rel="nofollow">replica bags london</a> <a href="https://layrtoth85721.blogspot.com/2022/04/you-can-go-ahead-and-enjoy-seeing-high.html" rel="nofollow">7a replica bags</a> <a href="https://netheigh74323.blogspot.com/2022/04/i-may-be-beating-dead-horse-here.html" rel="nofollow">replica zara bags</a>bateyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02502812630337817711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-75431505066719009622011-10-15T10:46:36.422-07:002011-10-15T10:46:36.422-07:00There's no doubt, the dude is absolutely just....There's no doubt, the dude is absolutely just.muebles en segoviahttp://www.muebles-en-segovia.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-56919943317412570352011-08-20T05:41:09.133-07:002011-08-20T05:41:09.133-07:00Well, I do not really imagine it is likely to have...Well, I do not really imagine it is likely to have effect.comprar un yatehttp://yatesspain.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-7509083236355526612009-09-18T05:51:56.790-07:002009-09-18T05:51:56.790-07:00Thanks for the bit about the problem of aiming for...Thanks for the bit about the problem of aiming for "just enough". I think it's something I can work with.Nancy Lebovitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07068537632391466902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-60500428961578147732009-09-18T05:51:47.525-07:002009-09-18T05:51:47.525-07:00Thanks for the bit about the problem of aiming for...Thanks for the bit about the problem of aiming for "just enough". I think it's something I can work with.Nancy Lebovitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07068537632391466902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-30151756749620350852009-09-16T12:30:59.246-07:002009-09-16T12:30:59.246-07:00And as for "Buffy" and "Angel"...<i>And as for "Buffy" and "Angel"--I have no idea who whispered in Whedon's ear over the seasons. But I can almost guarantee you someone did.</i><br /><br />Interesting point. Both Charles Gunn and Robin Wood were later additions to the cast. They both had layers akin to Derrial Book- some tapped and some untapped. I especially like the treatment of Charles Gunn; his evolution over the course of the series was interesting to say the least.<br /><br />I really wish you knew about these two- there are definite questions and themes that are brought up with their characterization that would be quite interesting to discuss.<br /><br />####<br /><br />And to those who begin to dismiss Firefly because of Derrial Book and Jubal Early, I'd suggest not having such reactions without watching. As I said, Derrial Book was one of the best characters in the series IMO, in writing and acting. And though Jubal Early had some qualities inimical to positive characterizations of Blacks in the series, he was a very interesting character in his own right and <i>Objects in Space</i> is one of my favorite episodes, along with <i>War Stories</i> and <i>Out of Gas</i>.<br /><br />As an aside, I long for the day when casting can be about who is best for the role and not race, sex, etc. One of my favorite movies of the year was Up, and I loved the fact that it had an Asian lead character- and the fact that he was Asian was never brought up. It was just a descriptive quality, just as you might talk about the fact that he was overweight. Not to marginalize culture or anything, but in the end, isn't that what it's about? The character and the characterization more than the outer trappings?wraith808https://www.blogger.com/profile/15536831449537251229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-40430674695525896592009-09-16T08:39:08.760-07:002009-09-16T08:39:08.760-07:00woww. I'm sitting here looking at the Firefly ...woww. I'm sitting here looking at the Firefly box of dvds next to the player. I've had it for a month, strongly recommended by a close friend. Haven't felt compelled to watch it...now I don't want to. But I enjoyed Serenity..hmmmsalinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-70249252442965316152009-09-16T07:32:06.494-07:002009-09-16T07:32:06.494-07:00Firefly was an EXCELLENT show, make no mistake. I...Firefly was an EXCELLENT show, make no mistake. I will probably purchase the series and film.<br />##<br />And as for "Buffy" and "Angel"--I have no idea who whispered in Whedon's ear over the seasons. But I can almost guarantee you someone did.Steven Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630529492355131777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-36681632487277749272009-09-15T18:18:55.999-07:002009-09-15T18:18:55.999-07:00I liked Shepherd Book; I agree with Reluctant Lawy...I liked Shepherd Book; I agree with Reluctant Lawyer and wraith808 that he was the most interesting character in the show. I even liked him better than Hayley, who was the character I personally identified with most. But I also think that once you've made the only black man who's a regular character on the show celibate, having the one other black man prominently featured in one episode threaten rape feels viscerally unpleasant; so Steve has a fair point with his Sambo alert, and in that sense the movie, with the Operative, was better. But in the show as a whole, up to that point, Shepherd Book didn't exactly scream "yet another spiritual guide" to me, particularly since he actually came across as more complex than some of the other characters.Lynn Gazis-Saxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16775215056055972392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-27853273624778255872009-09-15T17:41:29.756-07:002009-09-15T17:41:29.756-07:00I never saw Firefly, just Serenity so the Shepherd...I never saw Firefly, just Serenity so the Shepherd Book character didn't bother me that much. Sounds like Firefly might not have been my cup of tea.Shady_Gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00996625985002373392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-15723145416711970072009-09-15T14:50:16.933-07:002009-09-15T14:50:16.933-07:00... I thought that Book was the most interesting o...<i>... I thought that Book was the most interesting of all the characters on the show.</i><br /><br />I wholeheartedly agree with that, and that he was also the best written of the main characters. Though he was the most well known actor before the show, he was so well acted and written that the fact that Ron Glass was well known to me before the show was lost in the character.<br /><br />And I loved the teasers thrown in the novelization of the relationship between Book and The Operative.wraith808https://www.blogger.com/profile/15536831449537251229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-55730375625927815682009-09-15T13:34:04.983-07:002009-09-15T13:34:04.983-07:00Steve - I agree with you on Shepherd Book, but I&#...Steve - I agree with you on Shepherd Book, but I'm generally willing to give Firefly/Serenity a pass on the sexless spiritual guide bomb because I thought that Book was the most interesting of all the characters on the show. He was my favorite, only surpassed in the movie by the Operative (a classic James Bond-esque villain. Intelligent, well-trained, and utterly amoral. In a movie landscape where most black villains are simple thugs, he was perfect.).Reluctant Lawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840736619081764445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-24943881830687462692009-09-15T12:19:50.720-07:002009-09-15T12:19:50.720-07:00I'm not surprised you'd have a Sambo alert...I'm not surprised you'd have a Sambo alert on Firefly/Serenity for this (can't comment on Buffy and Angel, since I haven't seen those), but also not particularly surprised by "Because not a single person who recommended it to me, knowing my sensitivities, guessed that I might have found elements offensive." Frankly, from my white woman's perspective, it's just so refreshing to see a science fiction show that gets women as well as this one does, that any racially problematic stuff would have to club me over the head a lot harder than Firefly (with its multiracial cast of generally strong characters) does for me to notice it much. After watching so much stuff that doesn't get women at all, it's like water in a desert seeing something like this. (Also, as a woman in a technical field, I readily identified with the Hayley character.) Unless I quite consciously put on my "how would Steve Barnes see this" lens, which I sometimes do now that I've read your Sambo alert stuff for this long. <br /><br />As spiritual guide characters go, I found Shepherd Book kind of a fun twist on the concept because he's a lot more worldly and more aware of the ways of the powerful than most such characters (not that that alters the sexual dynamics you're talking about). I do remember the "Have you ever been raped?" line, though, and that it felt worse because the only other black man in the series was Shepherd Book, than I think it would have if there'd also been some normally young and virile black male character who wasn't threatening rape.<br /><br />In general story telling terms, though, I found the series some of the best science fiction I've seen.Lynn Gazis-Saxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16775215056055972392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-26098930094084734212009-09-15T10:09:28.533-07:002009-09-15T10:09:28.533-07:00"If I'm right, the series is a perfect ex...<i>"If I'm right, the series is a perfect example of the human unconscious at work."</i><br /><br />If you look at Firefly/Serenity in a vacuum, without consideration of Whedon's other works, your idea about the unconscious mind at work could have traction. But then again, if you look at Buffy and Angel, both done before Firefly/Serenity, then you have the characters of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gunn" rel="nofollow">Gunn</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Wood_(Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer)" rel="nofollow">Robin Wood</a>, both strong, positive, Black males that have an intimate relationship with White females. <br /><br />Just wanted to point that out...wraith808https://www.blogger.com/profile/15536831449537251229noreply@blogger.com