Buffy the Vampire Slayer 20th Anniversary Special
I have a real treat for you. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the crux of late 90's-early 00's style, turned 20 this year. Feel old yet?
From 1997-2003, Joss Whedon's Buffy took a slew of high school/college/life problems and manifested them as monsters and demons that could be defeated: A girl turns invisible because no one notices her, a boyfriend becomes abusive and 'changes' after taking Buffy's virginity, a vengeful wish after a break-up comes true and results in the town becoming a wasteland, magic usage is a metaphor for drug use. If you can think of it, Buffy probably dealt with it in some fun, fantastical fashion. It even had an episode that was almost completely without speech and a musical. This show makes a superhero out of a normal teenage girl; showing how you can't control the life you're dealt, but you can make something of it.
For me, this show is special. Something I can put on at any time and it will always be the perfect thing to watch. Buffy is the show that shaped me as a person. I saw it for the first time in the fourth grade. I was with my older friend and we snuck and watched it on her TV. I watched the seventh season weekly with my friend on recorded VHSs. I made all my friends at school watch and we became a sort of cult, full of references and sleepover viewings. It made me feel special; like I knew a secret.
Buffy instilled a feminist quality in me that grows each day. The idea that 'this girl is so brave, she goes through hell, literally, and gets through it every time', really stuck with me as a lost child and adolescent. The show was dark, deep, funny, and fashionable. I really owe you a big one, Joss Whedon, thank you from the bottom of my heart for this show.
To pay my respects, I'll be recreating a style for each of these stellar female characters: Buffy, Willow, Cordelia, Anya, Tara, and Faith.
From 1997-2003, Joss Whedon's Buffy took a slew of high school/college/life problems and manifested them as monsters and demons that could be defeated: A girl turns invisible because no one notices her, a boyfriend becomes abusive and 'changes' after taking Buffy's virginity, a vengeful wish after a break-up comes true and results in the town becoming a wasteland, magic usage is a metaphor for drug use. If you can think of it, Buffy probably dealt with it in some fun, fantastical fashion. It even had an episode that was almost completely without speech and a musical. This show makes a superhero out of a normal teenage girl; showing how you can't control the life you're dealt, but you can make something of it.
oh and this guy.
For me, this show is special. Something I can put on at any time and it will always be the perfect thing to watch. Buffy is the show that shaped me as a person. I saw it for the first time in the fourth grade. I was with my older friend and we snuck and watched it on her TV. I watched the seventh season weekly with my friend on recorded VHSs. I made all my friends at school watch and we became a sort of cult, full of references and sleepover viewings. It made me feel special; like I knew a secret.
Buffy instilled a feminist quality in me that grows each day. The idea that 'this girl is so brave, she goes through hell, literally, and gets through it every time', really stuck with me as a lost child and adolescent. The show was dark, deep, funny, and fashionable. I really owe you a big one, Joss Whedon, thank you from the bottom of my heart for this show.
To pay my respects, I'll be recreating a style for each of these stellar female characters: Buffy, Willow, Cordelia, Anya, Tara, and Faith.
First Up:
Buffy
watch & stay tuned.
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