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...Last Friday, however, the boys captured the warrior queen of the girls. In a surprising deal, the network signed away "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," The WB's second-highest-rated show and probably its most prestigious - the show that consistently lands on critics' best lists and single-handedly established the network's image of offbeat and fantastical shows with a dose of girl power. In its fifth season, the makers of "Buffy," and its producer, Fox Television, wanted a substantial jump in the approximately $1 million an episode the network had been paying. (As with many series, this meant operating...
...come a long way, baby. Flick on the TV, and see women--young women, almost always--kicking and thinking and winking at both the old notion of femininity and the aging precepts of feminism. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (in her fifth season on the WB) saves her classmates from Evil, when she's not cracking a book or a joke. The Cartoon Network's Powerpuff Girls, "the most elite kindergarten crime-fighting force ever assembled," protect Townsville with their magical powers. Max, the bionic babe on Fox's Dark Angel, occasionally lets a mere man help her save the world...
...come a long way, baby. Flick on the TV, and see women - young women, almost always - kicking and thinking and winking at both the old notion of femininity and the aging precepts of feminism. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (in her fifth season on the WB) saves her classmates from Evil, when she's not cracking a book or a joke. The Cartoon Network's Powerpuff Girls, "the most elite kindergarten crime-fighting force ever assembled," protect Townsville with their magical powers. Max, the bionic babe on Fox's "Dark Angel," occasionally lets a mere man help her save the world...
...tried various tests, including opening our car windows, playing each tune at a volume more closely associated with Slayer tunes, count how many looks you get and grading the looks between 1. Irritated, 2. Ambivalent and 3. Intrigued. In the end we decided on "Stella," which worked out well, as it received only two irritated or ambivalent looks and a promising five intrigued expressions (though this could have been due to band member Brook "Helmet-Head" Boardman changing clothes in the back seat). It was a bold move to start with the slower number, but one that will help contribute...
While dating his cheerleading love interest, the ubiquitous Sarah Michelle Gellar ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), Alan (Grenier) embraces a hedonistic Harvard lifestyle and starts a torrid affair with his philosophy professor...