Buffy The Vampire Slayer Analysis
Midterm Check-In
For the TV show analysis, I chose the show Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and completed the first season. The first season of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer begins with Buffy Summers, a troubled teenager, moving from her hometown of L.A. to the town of Sunnydale, California. Buffy must start at a new high school as a sophomore after burning down the gym of her previous school.
Although Buffy is described as a troubled teen, she seems relatively normal. The traumas she has faced do not stem from racial or class division, but rather the fact that she is the vampire slayer. The first season of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer has very few characters of different races or of different socioeconomic backgrounds. The school appears pre-dominantly …show more content…
In the first season alone, one teacher is a demon, one is killed by the aforementioned demon teacher, and the principal is murdered by demons. Willow, who is Buffy’s studious best friend, appears to be the only one with an interest in schoolwork and studying. Despite this, Willow is shown skipping multiple classes and Buffy and Xander, the other member of Buffy’s group, appear to skip copious amounts of classwork. Even in classes, the focus is never on the material of the class nor the content of the teacher’s lecture. The majority of screentime in class is filled with fantasizing or daydreaming.
It is clear that the show Buffy: The Vampire Slayer lacks diversity in its cast. It relies on various tropes within its already relatively homogenous cast. Willow and Buffy mention a boy at least once in every episode and pining is common. While some of this may be to add to the teen angst atmosphere of the show, the fact that Buffy and Willow are obsessed with boys becomes a joking point in the show and points to inherent sexism at play. The males are not exempt from stereotypes. Xander is portrayed as selfish and incapable of controlling his
For the TV show analysis, I chose the show Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and completed the first season. The first season of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer begins with Buffy Summers, a troubled teenager, moving from her hometown of L.A. to the town of Sunnydale, California. Buffy must start at a new high school as a sophomore after burning down the gym of her previous school.
Although Buffy is described as a troubled teen, she seems relatively normal. The traumas she has faced do not stem from racial or class division, but rather the fact that she is the vampire slayer. The first season of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer has very few characters of different races or of different socioeconomic backgrounds. The school appears pre-dominantly …show more content…
In the first season alone, one teacher is a demon, one is killed by the aforementioned demon teacher, and the principal is murdered by demons. Willow, who is Buffy’s studious best friend, appears to be the only one with an interest in schoolwork and studying. Despite this, Willow is shown skipping multiple classes and Buffy and Xander, the other member of Buffy’s group, appear to skip copious amounts of classwork. Even in classes, the focus is never on the material of the class nor the content of the teacher’s lecture. The majority of screentime in class is filled with fantasizing or daydreaming.
It is clear that the show Buffy: The Vampire Slayer lacks diversity in its cast. It relies on various tropes within its already relatively homogenous cast. Willow and Buffy mention a boy at least once in every episode and pining is common. While some of this may be to add to the teen angst atmosphere of the show, the fact that Buffy and Willow are obsessed with boys becomes a joking point in the show and points to inherent sexism at play. The males are not exempt from stereotypes. Xander is portrayed as selfish and incapable of controlling his