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I think you might be a little too critical, but overall I think you're closer to the truth than the article. For example, Charmed [1] was on around the same ti
by brighteyes 10y ago
I think you might be a little too critical, but overall I think you're closer to the truth than the article.
For example, Charmed [1] was on around the same time as Buffy, and shared many elements (positive critical reception, fantasy used as metaphor for real-life problems, strong female characters, etc.). I think it's hard to say that Buffy is "the birth of TV as art" and Charmed isn't. More fair to say that both were good shows, and influenced the genre.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charmed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charmed
- dragonwriter 10y agoCharmed is a lot more stylistically conventional than Buffy. I don't think it makes sense to call either "the birth of TV as art"—TV has always been a medium for (heavily commercialized) art—but I think that there are substantial contrasts between. Buffy and Charmed as examples and influences in TV-as-art.
- ianai 10y agoI don't remember the show well enough right now, but I feel like Xena sorta "went there" too.