On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 02:28:15PM -0500, mike said: > > > Spoilers follow. Don't read on unless you had to hear about stuff that's > > > going in in series 6 of Buffy on Sky One. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I didn't know if they meant Smashed (which has willow abusing magic > and Buffy abusing Spike) or Wrecked, which I think is the episode you > mean. > > I liked the Buffy bits of Smashed, and I understand her relationship > with Spike. As for wrecked, let me momentarily become the Comic Book > Guy from the Simpsons: "Worst. Espisode. Ever"
I watched this last night ... yes I took the piss out of the rather unsubtle metaphor but it was still interesting. Buffy has *always* been about unsubtle metaphors - Monsters are an unsubtle metaphor for the trials and tribulations of being a high school student, Angel was always a metaphor for the boy-you-shouldn't-date, you all watch it, you know what I mean. Addiction is a difficult subject to broach. It's a nastier subject to deal with in real life. I was quite surprised by the way it was handled by that episode ... [following paragraph removed because I couldn't make it sound right] ... basically there were a couple of touches in there that made me wonder if the writer had some first hand knowledge. Dealing with drugs on a show like Buffy is an odd move - the primary demographics are impressionable teenagers (if anybody says I should give teenagers more credit, I'll bitch slap them) and rather more cynical twenty (and thirty :) somethings. I don't know where I'm going with this really so I'll shut up but I'll reiterate by saying that yes, it was one of those "god, who are they trying to fool" episodes but then ask yerself how many other times they've done that - I'd actually say that the message wasn't "drugs are bad, mmmkay" rather "addiction is fucking horrible, is uncontrollable without a lot of help, makes you do stuff which you wouldn't normally do and not only that but you'll actually be ashamed of them *whilst* you're doing them so don't do it, ok". Just my 0.02 mgs. -- : fast, cheap and out of control
