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Though it lasted barely more than a season, Dollhouse continues to
intrigue viewers as one of Joss Whedon's most provocative forays
into series television. The program centered on men and women who
have their memories and personalities repeatedly wiped and replaced
with new ones by a shadowy corporation dedicated to fulfilling the
whims of the rich. This chilling scenario was used to tell stories
about big issues-power and resistance, freedom and servitude, class
and gender-while always returning to its central themes of identity
and individuality. In Joss Whedon's Dollhouse: Confounding Purpose,
Confusing Identity, Sherry Ginn, Alyson Buckman, and Heather M.
Porter have brought together fourteen diverse essays that showcase
the series' complex vision of the future. Contributors probe deeply
into the fictional universe of the show by considering the motives
of the wealthy clients and asking what love means when
personalities are continually remade. Other essays consider the
show's relations to politics, philosophy, psychology, and
representations of race and gender on screen.Several essays explore
the show's complex relationship to transhumanism: considering the
dark potential for dehumanization and abuse that lurks beneath the
promise of turning bodies into temporary vessels for immortal,
downloadable personalities. Though a short-lived series, Dollhouse
has been hailed as one of television's most thoughtful explorations
of classic science-fiction themes. The first serious treatment of
this landmark show, Joss Whedon's Dollhouse will be of interest to
science-fiction scholars and Whedon fans alike.
The BBC America series Orphan Black (2013-2017) won acclaim for its
compelling writing, resonant themes and innovative special effects.
And for the bravura acting of Tatiana Maslany, who plays an
ever-growing number of clones drawn into an increasingly dangerous
world of cutting-edge science, corporate espionage, military
secrets and religious fanaticism. Heir to pioneering shows centered
on strong female characters, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
Dollhouse, Lost and Xena: Warrior Princess, Orphan Black models the
current Golden Age of serial-form storytelling, with themes of
identity, bodily autonomy, gender and sexuality playing against
corporate greed and its co-opting of science. This collection of
new essays analyzes the diverse clone characters and the series,
covering topics including motherhood, surveillance culture,
mythology, eugenics, and special effects, as well as the science
behind cloning.
The films, television shows and graphic novel series that comprise
the Whedonverse continually show that there is a high price to be
paid for love, rebellion, heroism, anger, death, betrayal,
friendship and saving the world. This collection of essays reveals
the ways in which the Whedonverse treats the trauma of ordinary
life with similar gravitas as trauma created by the supernatural,
illustrating how memories are lost, transformed, utilized,
celebrated, revered, questioned, feared and rebuffed within the
storyworlds created by Joss Whedon and his collaborators. Through a
variety of approaches and examinations, the essays in this book
seek to understand how the themes of trauma, memory, and identity
enrich one another in the Whedonverse and beyond. As the authors
present different arguments and focus on various texts, the essays
work to build a mosaic of the trauma found in beloved works like
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse and more. The book
concludes with a meta-analysis that explores the allegations of
various traumas made against Joss Whedon himself.
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