Free Writing 1

One of the things I found quite interesting after watching both Firefly and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is how Joss Whedon the creator of both these T.V shows uses women. After doing some research, I found that he likes women to have powerful roles and have them be the ones who are threating. In many horror movies these days it seems like there is always a sterotype on blonde, good-looking girls as being dumb. In most of these horror movies it always ends up being the blonde girl who acts stupid and gets killed becasue she is considered powerless. I like how Joss Whedon uses females in a stronger way and makes them be the threatening ones. Joss goes against this cliche of the dumb blonde girl always getting killed, and makes her the powerful one. Instead of the girl acting dumb and weak she is now strong and intelligent. This is why I enjoy Buffy's character and the role she plays as the Vampire Slayer. Although she doesn't look like a threatening person, she isn't the typical blonde sterotype. Instead, she is smart, strong and the perfect example for female empowerment. Even though Buffy is inocent looking, she is really the biggest threat to all the vampires. I think this is why the show was so successful becasue it shows girls in a new way which is differnt from other sterotypical shows which makes it unique and exciting to watch.