home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
ftp.xmission.com
/
2014.06.ftp.xmission.com.tar
/
ftp.xmission.com
/
pub
/
lists
/
buffy
/
archive
/
v01.n005
< prev
next >
Wrap
Internet Message Format
|
2011-08-31
|
8KB
From: owner-buffy-digest@xmission.com (buffy-digest)
To: buffy-digest@xmission.com
Subject: buffy-digest V1 #5
Reply-To: buffy@xmission.com
Sender: owner-buffy-digest@xmission.com
Errors-To: owner-buffy-digest@xmission.com
Precedence: bulk
buffy-digest Wednesday, October 29 1997 Volume 01 : Number 005
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 15:26:24, -0500
From: UQFJ91A@prodigy.com (MR MARK A WENTWORTH)
Subject: BUFFY: "Ripper Giles"
What's the deal? "Ripper Giles"? The obvious answer is that Giles is
"Jack the Ripper" reincarnate. I wish to put forth an alternate
theory: Rupert Giles was a member of an East London Skinhead street
gang during a misspent youth. "Ripper" could merely be a nickname.
I am having a problem with the fact that if Giles is sooooooo "Bad",
as in the way he tortured, yes, it was torture, Ethan, why does he
look like a buffoon when sparing with Buffy? Has he been
deliberately holding back? Or is Buffy really that good and strong?
After Giles broke the mask, and the spell, Buffy easily beat Spike.
Even if children were present, letting an enemy live could be one's
undoing. Just a mo'; the show is called "Buffy the Vampire Slayer",
I think we all know how this is going to end. Vote for Michael with
your "Taster's Choice" coupon!
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 12:30:14 -0800
From: Lisa Rose <cybrpaws@wco.com>
Subject: Re: BUFFY: Accents slipping and Sarah and the wig
At 01:22 PM 10/28/97 -0500, Jesse Jou wrote (on planetx):
>The goal of the
>switch was to contrast simpering, helpless PseudoBuffy with Thoroughly
>Modern Buffy, and not for SMG to portray a realistic example of 18th
>century Womanhood.
I also do not find fault with Sarah for not maintaining a
convincing 18th century accent. I would imagine that
a majority of competent actress can affect and maintain
entertaining period accents and manners, and I'm sure Sarah
is no exception (she did a little of it with Xander for fun
when he first saw her costume in the house).
To my mind, she was told by the director to downplay the accent
and manners because they weren't to the point of the character
(though they may have been quite amusing!). Stereotypically
feminine vulnerability was (IMHO) the point of the character, a
quality that Buffy may have (wrongly) felt inadequate about not
possessing enough of.
>please, someone pull my butt off this ledge
>and back me up with examples of progressive female role models from the
>18th century!)
I too am at a loss, without going to one of those "Women's History
Month" books. I'm sure they were out there. IMHO, strong independent-
minded people of any gender, race, caste, etc... will find some form
of expression in any age, even amid repression. However, historians
may not deem them worthy to write about. No doubt there were women
who dressed as men and fought in the Colonial War (there are such
women in nearly every war), but I don't know their names. So let's go
back a century or two further and look at Elizabeth I, the godmother
of all period female role models...
Lisa
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 12:35:40 PST
From: "Ximenita Gonzalez" <ximena_g@hotmail.com>
Subject: BUFFY: Halloween
I thought this episode was great. I don't know if anyone else noticed
but the ep was directed by Michael Seth Green. Is this our same Seth as
Oz? If it is he did a great job directing it.
GOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!SETH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll post more later :)
Ximenita Gonzalez
Keeper of Willow's nightmare about singing on stage and nothing coming
out
Member of the DC/East coast Buffy Crew
______________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 15:52:16 -0500 (EST)
From: Carrie <carrie@cde.com>
Subject: BUFFY: Angel & Buffy (fwd)
- ---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 15:51:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Carrie <carrie@cde.com>
To: DIMZO@aol.com
Subject: BUFFY: Angel & Buffy (fwd)
I had the same thought...It was so hard for him to controlin Angel (or
atleast they implied that it was) what happened to that demonic lack of
self control? Just wondering....
Speaking of which, how do I become the Keeper of Angel's "Demonic lack of
Self control"?
thanx-
- -carrie
:-)
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 14:45:01 -0600
From: Kathryn Johnston <johnstka@calumet.purdue.edu>
Subject: BUFFY: Charisma interview
Hello, all!
Here is the interview with Charisma Carpenter from the Chicago Tribune
and its website.
Enjoy!
Kathryn
http://www.chicago.tribune.com/print/kidnews/9710/28/kidnews/9710280341.html
KidNews - Stories from the latest print edition
CORDELIA, YOU SLAY US!
By Amanda Vogt, Tribune Staff Writer
Web-posted Tuesday, October 28, 1997; 6:03 a.m.
CST
Charisma Carpenter, who plays the deliciously
nasty Cordelia Chase on WB`s "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," says she gets a
lot of fan mail demanding that her character be a little less, well,
nasty.
"People ask me when am I going to be nicer to Willow and Buffy,"
Charisma says of her character. Cordelia is a way stuckup Sunnydale
High cheerleader who vampire slayer Buffy and her buds love to
hate, but always end up rescuing from vampires and assorted ghouls.
"I`m victimized a lot so Buffy can save me," she says.
Charisma is OK with her character`s basic meanness because, she
says, a softer, gentler Cordelia wouldn`t be funny. "She`s insulting,
but she`s also very entertaining."
Charisma, who was named for "a real tacky Avon perfume," actually
kind of likes playing Cordelia because it has given her an opportunity
to shine.
She credits her success and the show`s popularity with teens to
producer Joss Whedon. "It`s amazing how well he knows his
characters. He has Willow, Buffy, all the cast, inside of him," she
says. "And he`s a genius at finding new and interesting ways to say
things teens can pick up on and relate to."
And when it comes to one-liners, Cordelia gets some of the best.
Especially wicked are the verbal arrows she slings at Buffy and her
guy sidekick, Xander. Maybe you caught this zinger in a recent rerun:
Cordelia`s thanking them for saving her life when a popular guy walks
by and asks if she`s now hanging with them. Her reply: "You think I
felt like joining that social leper party?" Ouch.
Wonder if the tension between Cordelia and Xander could lead to
romance? Charisma says she doesn`t know. But there`s definitely no
romantic interest in Charisma`s real life. "I`m free," she admits.
Well, not entirely. She`s very attached to her two golden
retrievers, Hobie and Sidney. "They follow me around and hey`re very
sweet," she says."They`re my companions."
Like in a Hollywood fairy tale, Charisma was discovered while
working as a waitress in an L.A. restaurant. "I was studying to be a
teacher, but this very persistent guy persuaded me to hook up with a
commercial agent," she says.
Although that connection resulted in her making more than 20 TV
commercials, she prefers the steady job of a TV series and hopes the
success of the show leads to other offers.
In the meantime, she`s happy being hated - as Cordelia, that is.
Whether she`s scheming to get Angel, Buffy`s vampire boyfriend, or
flitting off to get her legs waxed, Cordelia is one of a kind.
"Actually, I think she`s misunderstood," Charisma says with a laugh.
We hope she stays that way.
----------
Maybe you`ll love her. Maybe you`ll hate her. But you have to
watch her. Catch Cordelia and the rest of the "Buffy" crew at 8 p.m.
Central Time Mondays
------------------------------
End of buffy-digest V1 #5
*************************