I like Ford. I hope he makes it through the teenaged actor meatgrinder into successful adult actor. And person. Some do, right?
Fay, I think show has worked really hard this year to reclaim itself from the skeevy place it went to re: gender and race issues last year. There have been a few missteps, some of them pretty glaring, but as a whole, the writers have been much more aware of where they're putting Sam 'n' Dean's feet.
I have an idea that Dean's hedonistic rush to hell last season appeared to give some writers lisence to throw correctness and awareness and manners out the window, to illustrate his reckless pinball journey toward the pit by shucking civilized behavior. I also think it was a crap idea, and it didn't work at all. They appear, to me at least, to be trying much harder this season to be aware.
It's gonna depend
I admit I don't know a) how old he is and b) what ag e kids start going to dances, but I did mean now, tossing his resume around. Any fangirl his age with a poster of JP or CE should be a bit more piqued.
Huh. I assumed he was younger than 14, and probably not attending any dances as yet. But if kids his age are doing so, you're definitely right about his prospects in the present.
IMDB says 12 yrs old. That would be 6th or 7th grade, right? I think there are some 6 grade sock hops. Regardless, the boy is not gonna be short of girlfriends with their hearts all a-flutter.
Fay, if you check coffeeandink's LJ and click on the Supernatural tag, you'll find some really good discussion of the race and gender issues of the show. She is still watching, FWIW.
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The most angsty, dark and broody vid that ever there was (lies!).
Juliebird, is there a download link for that vid?
Fay, if you check coffeeandink's LJ and click on the Supernatural tag, you'll find some really good discussion of the race and gender issues of the show. She is still watching, FWIW.
Victoria (musesfool) linked to an interesting essay that touched on said issues recently, that may also be of interest (it was focusing on performative masculinity and class through a gothic/horror lens, but those are impossible to discuss without touching on race and gender issues, as they're so deeply rooted in the genre, which means that any unexamined work within that genre is going to have 'em AND HOW).
(I actually have an entire book on race and Gothic literature in the historical context of 19th century England that's just incredibly fascinating. I should look up the name so I can recommend it.)
Bev, I don't think imeem does downloads. Vimeo does, if that option is enabled, but I don't know if they're over there. Best bet is to contact Diana and Gina through imeem (I somehow ended up on a list where Smokey Fizz send me video updates). They're also on AIM: "smokeyfiizz".
Beverly, I was able to save it as an .flv file using the Download Helper add-on to Firefox.
