Dollhouse/Whedon feminism meta

[51stcenturyfox]

There is an interesting discussion taking place on viorica8957  's journal.  Non-flamey, both sides. There are spoilers for the pilot present.

"They're saying that the idea of the Dollhouse makes them uncomfortable because it represents the ideal of a woman being utterly passive and fulfilling any (presumably male) fantasy. The Stepford Wives deals with a similar concept. The reason that this is problematic is because it robs the women of all of their autonomy, and places them under the complete control of someone else- and as far as we've seen, the "someone else" has always been a man. The thing is, saying that one thing Joss has done makes them uncomfortable doesn't mean that they're dismissing all of Joss's work as misogynistic, and that's an important distinction to make."

Check out dollhouse_meta  too, if you're interested.

Comments

[wiredblowfish.livejournal.com]

I like the implication that Echo will begin to search for her own self (identity). I loved that theme in Firefly with Rain.

I am going to keep watching it.

Question: why did they give echo asthma? That seems like a major flaw for a hostage negotiator. Like I said I was only half watching, so I think I missed the point of that.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

They should have given her tinnitus. Because. Echo.

God, that was a stupid joke. I'm sorry, Pete Townshend.