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whedonesque II
Television Without Pity aptly nails the bad thing about Caleb, Buffy the Vampire Slayer's endgame villain:
"A murderous misogynist clothed in religious trappings. Is he a Nazi too? Could [Mutant Enemy] have loaded the deck any more here? ... I don't find evil like this chilling or menacing. I find it obvious. I don't really fear the itinerant, murderous misogynist who is obviously loonier than a bushel of howler monkeys. I fear the misogynist who wears the mask of a reasonable, loving man. The misogynist who holds a position of power. Who has the power to affect my life, or the lives of the women I love, or the lives of all my sisters across the world. The misogynist who walks, fully integrated, in a society that condones his actions, or simply looks the other way. And don't tell me that Caleb is a metaphor for that other misogynist, the one we should truly be concerned about. Because I don't believe that the obvious can be a metaphor for the subtle, the hidden. The obvious merely distracts us from the real threat."
The late appearance of this character is only one of the (many) problems that mar Season Seven, but if I get started on the others I'll be sitting here all night. |
Saturday, May 17, 2003
11:16 PM
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