Dollhouse, Season Two

Last night, I stayed up too late again. I wasn't watching Dollhouse this time - I finished that a couple of days ago. But I did spend a bit of time watching Joss Whedon and Tahmoh Penikett at NY ComiCon in 2009. There were a couple of quotes from that that really helped me formulate some of what I'd been thinking about the show since finishing the 2nd season, so I've sprinkled them in here.

"I'm such a bitter, sad man...and this is my bitter, sad show - welcome to it!"
I wish I'd watched those clips before I watched the show—especially Season Two. It might have changed my expectations. My first, brief review was that it was better than I'd been led to expect, albeit rushed, and with unnecessary cruelty at the end. I stand by that.

I'm just sayin': On Jill Scott and a big can of worms

So, some of you know that Jill Scott opened a big ol' can of worms wrote an opinion piece for Essence magazine in which she said that interracial dating - especially Black men who marry White women - carries with it a "sting" for Black women, having to do with the shared historical experience of African Americans. Here's her full (short) piece. Take a look at it, because my summary is a clumsy one.

Not surprisingly, there's been a lot of discussion of it, a lot of it heated.

So much drama, so little time: Dollhouse, Season One

Finally getting around to watching Dollhouse and I'm enjoying it, in all its uneven glory.