Dude, I completely agree about shooting the messenger. The RDM thing about holding a mirror up to society is so spot on. I've been saying, "what would a show look like that omitted all female suffering?" (Or human suffering at all.) Because that's just not reality. It's not relevant and it's not interesting to me at all. And you're so right → Dollhouse is fluffy brain candy compared to the suffering it could be showing. ← I couldn't agree more.
You know I totally understand if the entire concept squicks a person. Just the idea of an organization that does this to people, is completely awful -- I agree with Paul and you, what the Dollhouse does is wrong, period -- and there are male actives so the women are not alone in that.
But the issue I suppose is that the show has a female lead -- so we're seeing it mostly from the female experience. I'm curious as to how people would be reacting to this show if it was a male lead.
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Date: 2009-03-01 09:25 pm (UTC)You know I totally understand if the entire concept squicks a person. Just the idea of an organization that does this to people, is completely awful -- I agree with Paul and you, what the Dollhouse does is wrong, period -- and there are male actives so the women are not alone in that.
But the issue I suppose is that the show has a female lead -- so we're seeing it mostly from the female experience. I'm curious as to how people would be reacting to this show if it was a male lead.