BUFFY: THE SUPREME KICKER OF EVIL BUTT AND TELEVISION RATINGS.
The television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", derived from an early 1990's film by the same name, has given birth to the new figure in popular teen culture: The Slayer. Joss Whedon's teen vampire slayer, Buffy, and her band of accomplices are appealing because they operate within the boundaries of our own culture, albeit with our anxieties taking the form of demons. The slayer has become a metaphor for taking control in the all-too-confusing world of Teenage Youth. This essay will explore this theme and how it contributes to the show's popularity on television. In doing so, it will also examine the "Girl Power" wave of the mid-nineties, and its impact on the character of Buffy as part of its larger media impact, as well as Buffy's impact on the portrayal of young women on television and beyond. Added to this girl power, is the popular eternal theme used to obvious effect is good conquering evil. .
In the past women have been restricted to roles that are considered "traditional". Roles associated with traits including emotionality, prudence and compliance, where the males were portrayed through their rationality, efficiency, individualism and ruthlessness. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" has changed this, Buffy sharing those characteristics and displaying them dominantly and powerfully.
Buffy occupies a position, which invites us to both identify with and to desire. Strong, sexy, and fashionably clad Buffy has the ability to impact both sexes and a wide span of ages, from young teenagers to adults reaching their forties. It is the fact that in battle, whether it be physical or emotional, Buffy always manages to end up on top, which is appealing to both genders.
Sarah Michelle Geller's (Buffy) main appeal, especially to teen females, is her accompanying efficiency as an empowering feminist model. She kicks demon butt and she is the epitome of feminine beauty - she is young, blond, slim and vigilantly fashion conscious.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Buffy the Vampire Slayer is about Buffy a teenage girl who finds out that she is the Chosen One. ... Buffy has only loved on man, Angle. Angle, vampire with a soul, and Buffy were soul mates. ... Giles was a father figure for Buffy. ... When he learned that Buffy was brought back from the dead he came back, but left again when he realized that Buffy needed to be on her own. ...
In this case, Buffy is empowered through her supernatural calling. ... In the episode of Dracula verses Buffy', Buffy becomes drawn to his evil temptations, both sinful and sexual. ... The theme of Christianity is heavily present in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, vampires are presented as being the evil force, whilst Buffy is the embodiment of good, although she is not necessarily very religious. ... The theme of feminism is also very evident in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ...
It was a cold and dark night. She kept on running away from the evil that was lurking. She couldn't possibly know what was chasing her. Elizabeth Perkins was beginning to run out of breath. She stopped, hoping that the person, or thing, chasing her would simply vanish. Then, right before her eyes, ...
The main settings within this town are the high school where Buffy and her friends go to school, Buffy's house and later on in the series "the magic shop". In this episode "Teachers Pet" Buffy's biology teacher, Dr. ... Buffy catches the teacher turning her head around 360 degrees. ... With this Buffy finally figures it out Miss French is a praying mantis! ... Since it's Xander's turn to work with Miss French this afternoon, Buffy warns him, but he thinks Buffy is just jealous. ...
Furthermore, there will be an introduction to a current comic and television-series called Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... In the following chapters, one of these, Buffy the Vampire Slayer from Joseph Whedon, will be introduced. ... Buffy the Vampire Slayer Both, the comic as well as the television series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer were created by Joseph "Joss" Whedon. ... Nevertheless, several years later, he was able to create the darker and acclaimed eponymous television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... For example, Buffy's history is dissimilar, and both the vampires...
Buffy is a text that people care about. ... Adams writes: "[w]hether your culture is popular or elite, Buffy has influenced it, and because Buffy is so linguistically potent, its cultural influence amounts, in part, to influence on American speech- (p11). ... "Buffy the Vampire Slayer not only invents slang, but intends to do so- (p22). ... The most impressive words from the Buffy Lexicon, though, are those which morph normal, everyday words into completely new ones. ... The madness is not over yet, there is still one more suffix that Buffy writers love to use. ...
There are many times in our life it happens that we completely change our mind just because we get so much influenced by our surroundings. Cultural influence, social expectation, plays a huge role in people's growth and development. Now a day's television medium also plays a very important role when...
Not only did she win an Emmy for her portrayal of "Kendall Hart" on ABC"S soap opera hit All My Children, she has also instigated a cult following of her current hit show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... Due to Joss Whedon's inspired and much revered creation of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gellar's vocal talents have been forever immortalized on an album featuring the music from the highly praised musical episode Once More, with Feeling. ...
Is a vampire a possessing spirit out of the graveyards of Ancient Greece, or a leather-clad biker with fangs that appears on nearly every episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"? ... With the advent of television shows such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", fictional horror novels including Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys and the series of vampire novels by Anne Rice, and movies such as "Interview with a Vampire" and "Bram Stoker's Dracula", one would believe that vampire appearances are just as common now as they were in the Middle Ages. ...