Brenda, back in the day I was a real SMG defender for that- you don’t owe your director or the fans anything but a good job being Buffy. It really got up my nose. Now , again, such a different light.
I would love to hear words of support from the men, even if it is “I didn’t see it at the time , but I support my fellow actors”.
Self reflectively, this brings out separating art from the artist. It is pretty easy for me to just not watch Woody Allen movies, because I actually just don’t like Woody Allen movies. But Buffy is still important to me- Buffy herself and the show and the community we have created around it through all these years. Honestly, I think we take our cue from SMG who says she is still proud of being Buffy. And when I think with somewhat shame that I sent him a baby sweater for his first baby, I also think that the baby still exists, and I am not ashamed of sending a sweater to that baby, and his ex still exists, and we took great care on matching her aesthetic when we did it.
Of all the dudes, AFAIK, only Clem has spoken in support. [link]
Thank you for showcasing Clem (James C. Leary). I didn’t even know his name before this, but I will now he on the lookout for anything he is in, which I think is what we can do.
I saw Bryan Fuller made a strong statement of support (eta: for Charisma et al). Very sorry but not surprised enough that those closer to the situation aren’t stepping up.
Marsters did talk about Joss raging at him over Spike's popularity a few years ago. But he's also been one of Joss' defenders in the past, so maybe he thought it better to just remain silent.
I hope Anthony Stewart Head just hasn't heard about this all boiling over yet.
I hope Anthony Stewart Head just hasn't heard about this all boiling over yet.
I don't know about other social media platforms, but it doesn't look like he's been on Twitter for a couple of days, so maybe? I'm desperately hoping.
Anthony Stewart Head has just so genuinely seemed to be a decent guy in other situations, that I'm really hoping he'll support his castmates on this one.
As far as I can tell, no comment on anything from Alyson Hannigan or Alexis Denisof.
Ugh. It's seriously bumming me out that all this ugliness was happening and we never knew. Agree with Sophia that I hope the male actors speak out in support.
I don't think I'll have a problem rewatching the shows - it's a collaborative work and Joss was only a part of it. The commentary tracks he did were my favorites though - I don't know if I'll be able to listen to them again.
Have Amy Acker or Eliza Dushku made a statement? I know they kept working with Joss and Mutant Enemy after Buffy/Angel ended.
ASH and DeKnight have spoken up in support: [link]
Dark humor, but The Midnight Society on twitter made me choke on my tea:
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