"Jumping Judas on a unicycle. What happened?"
September 29
2008
Buffy and Quality Television.
From the TLC: Teaching and Learning in Chiropractic blog, of all places.
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kalia | September 29, 12:58 CET
Kyrax | September 29, 13:02 CET
Madhatter | September 29, 13:08 CET
I loved reading the blog post. Buffy rules.
alexreager | September 29, 13:26 CET
Methinks we'll see a post from a Whedonesque regular taking credit for this blog article. Dana5140, would you please come on down!
It is indeed he ;).
Nice post. Maybe slightly ironic though, considering what we're talking about on the other thread (though I think Dana5140's still being consistent because of the precise definition of "quality television" that he's hewing to). Personally I don't have a problem with the definition - it's just a list of preferences and doesn't claim to say anything about "actual" quality - but I sort of do have a problem with using the word itself cos clearly that is making such a claim
ETA: it's also a recursive definition which, on behalf of the universe, I find unsettling ;).
[ edited by Saje on 2008-09-29 22:44 ]
Saje | September 29, 13:37 CET
I was trying to come up with a post that did not deal with a technical issue; I've had about 15 in a row on difficult topics, so I wanted a little break, because (1) I have had a horrid respiratory infection for 11 days now and am tired, (2) it is near the end of the term, so I am tired, and (3) everyone else is also tired.
But I really want to interest readers in Buffy, in In Treatment, and in the idea of TV actually being worth talking about. And that it can even be used to illustrate points in presentations and lectures. And remember, different audience here, not one that will argue the nuances of how we define quality television.
Dana5140 | September 29, 13:54 CET
alexreager | September 29, 14:09 CET
Saje | September 29, 15:02 CET
catherine | September 29, 15:12 CET
DaddyCatALSO | September 29, 16:23 CET
Anyway, it's pretty funny that this turned up along with the other thread, but like Saje I think it's not inconsistent. It is funny that I could've written - at least in theory :) - pretty much the same assessment of Buffy as being 'quality television', while probably disagreeing on what those words actually meant. Which is all part of the fun (and crazyness) that is fandom and whedonesque, obviously ;).
GVH | September 29, 16:27 CET
I love this site beyond the telling of it.
Chris inVirginia | September 29, 17:09 CET
kalia | September 29, 18:28 CET
Thanks all to all. :-)
Dana5140 | September 29, 18:33 CET
Nice one, huh?!
Dana 5140, no offense intended, but I always thought you were a young, albeit eloquent, girl. Who was possibly lesbian.
Funny how online perception can be so different to reality!
missb | September 29, 20:17 CET
Things you dont want to hear from the surgeon behind you back, (belive me I was there): Opps! That one had pressure, give me a towel.
Satai (with Punsch) | September 30, 01:45 CET
The irony! I have had more action on this post than on all the rest put together- which might end up being good because I can now point to this increased count as evidence that the blog is doing what it is supposed to do. ;-)
And I realized the post I wrote before this one, on rigor in qualitative research, actually applies to the discussion we have been having about art. Cool! I'm prescient!
Dana5140 | September 30, 03:59 CET
Thanks for making me feel less ancient. Young at heart plus a little wisdom, is not to be sneezed at.
(Plus the sneezing might initiate an attack of sciatica and send me running off to my Chiropractor). ;-)
Shey | September 30, 05:03 CET
Shey: "I too had thought of you as much younger and probably female (and considerably less distinguished looking) ;) "
Yes, cyberspace can be wondrous in the misleading impressions department.
Not so much with me, altho some people have pictured me with a beret and bongo drums and an all-black outfit, which isn't my style, I admit.
I'm not an honorary anything; I'm basically everybody's weird uncle who only comes down from the attic on major holidays, I guess.
Just read more carefully; included a show (Lost) which you personally "dislike intensely" is a mark of serious thought.
[ edited by DaddyCatALSO on 2008-10-01 01:06 ]
DaddyCatALSO | September 30, 08:53 CET
Dana5140 | September 30, 18:12 CET