Quickly about Dollhouse : here is a warm home to the strereotypes you love (or hate)

[alexandral]

There have been only 5 episodes of Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse" so far, but it is on it's speedy way to win "the best friend of stereotypes and cliches" award. Following stereotypes are just the top of the list:

1. Evil but incompetent Russian mafia

2. Religious cult folks that attempted to burn themselves . They were also selling guns under the cover of their pacifism.

3. Young ladies habitually wearing next to nothing in every other scene.

4. Beefy , righteous but slightly dim FBI agent played by "I can't act to save my life. But I have big muscles that you can ogle" Tahmoh Penikett.

6. Immature white male computer genius with a flirty Asian female assistant.

7. A female Asian character with blond hair.

Remembering race-related critiques of Whedon's "Firefly" I don't really see any improvement in the new show and the pattern seems to be continually emerging. Add to it blatant objectification of female and (surprise!) male characters. It seems that Joss Whedon had taken some of his old success-guaranteed recipes and mixed them with successful recipes he had seen in other TV shows but didn't add anything new whatsoever.

This all said, I am watching "Dollhouse" every week and I can also imagine this show to be popular with white male geeky types.

Comments

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

To me, she came across as annoyed with Topher's attempts at flirting.

But she (while clearly being a tech, not his personal assistant) was buying his food, etc? I was a tech some years ago and doing personal errands for my boss was totally not in my job description.

which makes me think that she prefers it died-or that her hair is naturally lighter-rather than it being a part of the show, though that could have contributed to her being cast.

It might have contributed, i think. Take me right - I like the actress herself, I haven't seen her enough to make my mind concerning her acting capabilities yet, but I like her.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I dunno. Here, at least, it really isn't unusual to get food for your coworkers when you go get your own. At my work, one person will usually take other people's money and go get their food. There's also the fact that the Dollhouse isn't a "normal" organization.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

We buy food for each other too, but we have out t-tetris thing ( read here : http://alexandral.livejournal.com/197358.html#cutid1 ) where we monitor how much each of us bought, as well as how many cups of tea we make for each other. And it would have been a total no-no to do it for someone who is your boss/ in senior position.

You see, Topher's exchange with the female tech felt a bit off for me but I might read too much into it. I will give them another chance.