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Angel 5: Is That It? Am I Done?
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I like the scruffiness and danger w/ the pratfalls and silliness hidden in there and occasionally making their presence felt.
That way he kinda reminds me of me. Except for the dangerous part (I'm just scruffy w/ pratfalls and silliness).
AD is too good looking to do full-on funny without having to go for dorky, unless it's the wry, snarky funny that presumes the character has a brain. Most funny guys that I can think of on TV are basset hound types--loveable, kind of clueless, kind of clumsy. The kind of guy who gets the girl that says "I just want a guy who makes me laugh."
Wesley slipping and missing the whole battle in Graduation Day makes me laugh.
I love both Wesleys, though I hated him until he came to Angel. The rogue demon hunter stuff made me laugh myself silly.
The rogue demon hunter stuff made me laugh myself silly.
There was enough competence there to give the funny some support. And establishing the endearing dorkiness made his dangerous moments even more fun. Shooting the mini-crossbow bolt into the guy's hand in "The Ring"--I sat there and blinked and said, "Wesley???"
I just bought the book Five Seasons of Angel: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Vampire" a few days ago. There's a good essay on "The Path of Wesley Wyndham-Price" that goes how he's actually been a remarkably consistent character from Buffy Season 3 up to the end of Angel.
I'm only about halfway through it so far, but there's some good commentary on the show. I liked the essay on Lindsey ("Why We Love Lindsey"), and Jennifer Crusie has what looks to be a pretty interesting essay on "The Assassination of Cordelia Chase" (I haven't read that far yet).
Oh, that sounds very cool, Kathy.
There's another compilation by the same editor, using many of the same authors, for The Seven Seasons of Buffy (that one has a blurb from Nora Roberts on the back--I knew she was a Buffy fan!).
I have Seven Seasons of Buffy. Unfortunatly, it's somewhere in my car.