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Angel (Paperback)
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Angel (Paperback)
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Following the phenomenal success of the first three seasons of
Buffy the Vampire Slayer on the WB Network, writers and producers
Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt moved their character Angel to his
own spin-off series in 1999. While Angel, which followed its
namesake vampire with a soul who had become Buffy's tragic love
interest, never quite matched the popularity of Buffy, the spin-off
was notable for being specifically aimed at adult audiences and
acquiring an intensely loyal following. In this in-depth study of
Angel, Stacey Abbott demonstrates that producers of the show used
the commercial convention of the spin-off not simply to repeat
Buffy's successful formula but to create a complex televisual
experience with its own distinct identity and creativity. Through
close textual analysis of a range of individual episodes, this
volume focuses on the series' unique visual style and the ways it
experiments with the conventions and form of television
programming. Abbott clearly situates Angel within traditions of the
horror genre on television and in so doing addresses how the horror
genre has evolved to suit the changing landscape of contemporary
television. She also challenges the tendency to attribute the
success of contemporary cult television to a sole auteur by
examining the contribution of Angel's writing team and addressing
how contemporary television is characterized by a collective
creativity. Finally, while there has been a vast amount of
scholarly interest in Angel's parent show in terms of feminist
issues, this volume positions Angel as a key text within gender and
feminist studies that offers a clever deconstruction of
contemporary masculinity. In all, Abbott argues that Angel uses
narrative, genre, visual style, and theme to create an ambiguous
moral landscape in which characters struggle to negotiate the
correct path when the consequences of their actions are unknown.
Fans of Angel and students and scholars of film and television
studies will enjoy this thought-provoking analysis of the series.
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