Blog 18 - Article

The article I used: http://articles.latimes.com/2003/may/20/entertainment/et-rosen20
This article really helped me, it supported my thesis a lot. It supported the fact that its a large metaphor of the lives of teenagers. I was talking about the perils of teenagers that are represented in this show, their insecurity caused by those around them, like when cordelia down-talked Buffy in the bathroom. Or even when Willow is shadowed fairly often by Buffy. Or the parental issues that teenagers run into because of helicopter parents, or the inability to relate to them; the rift between teenagers and their parents. It spoke of the view that  her battling of "the demons" was much like a teenagers daily battles with classic teen issues such as drugs, sex, and others. The article also talked about how Buffy filled the void of female hero's. Most super heroes are male: Spiderman, Batman, man, man, man. Buffy, for a change, is a girl, a blonde cheerleader who sacrifices her social life to save the world daily. This is much of a change from a man that lets spiderwebs out of his wrist. It also spoke about the wide variety of age groups who watch the show. People ranging from teenagers, to age thirty, even to age sixty truly enjoy watching the show. It attracts a wide variety of viewers. It talked about how popular the show became among teens, enough for a frat's drinking game to be based off of visible bra straps, which was something Buffy was often spotted with. He made the show sad, but very funny at the same time.