How Disastrous Was Joss Whedon's NY Mag Interview?
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On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason), try to figure out just how bad this profile is for its subject, Joss Whedon. Then they review The Tragedy of Macbeth, Joel Coen’s adaptation of The Bard’s play starring Denzel Washington as the titular tragic figure. And in the bonus episode, Sonny and Peter try to convince the notoriously horror-averse Alyssa to check out the Scream movies.
How Disastrous Was Joss Whedon's NY Mag Interview?
Just listened to this week’ pod including the Joss Whedon commentary. As a fan of Buffy, Angel & most particularly Firefly I take the position that as much of a pig as Joss Whedon may be, a bully, dickhead and borderline predator, for me it doesn’t take away from the brilliance of those shows. He’s an incredible screenwriter, his dialogue was a particular favourite of mine, his facility with language, even the Shakespearian cowboy twists & turns of Firefly is unsurpassed in modern television, he made you work for it, follow it closely or miss the joke. And he didn’t make those series alone, the performances of the various casts & crews were at least if not more responsible for the success of those shows. Why would I take away from their fine work & disparage that work just because of the very flawed human who headed them up. Can’t do it. Michael Jackson was a very broken human but he was a musical phenomenon, go figure.
Alyssa is so learned. What she said was fascinating, and it sounded like years of serious scholarship of the Shakespeare Wars. I'm definitely going to rewatch it now.