Doctor Who? @ UEA
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beccaelizabethI won't be posting class notes this week because what we did was recap last week, get handouts, discuss the new episode, have two people do presentations, then watch Dimensions in Time. With the 3D glasses.
One presentation was about how Love & Monsters is quite good actually. I had no objections to that. It even covered why the paving slab is *facepalm*
The other presentations hated Unicorn & Wasp. Because it is not a proper historical. It doesn't teach history or science and needs to get back to the show's roots. In the black and white era.
Now as an opinion I can live with that, though I think the episode had much to say about depictions of history, social attitudes that seem worth mentioning as making history seem outdated, and a lot of neat stuff about forming identities from media texts and how one can choose where to identify with.
The bit that I had to say I disagree with was where he complained about the gays. That was how he put it. The gays getting in to Doctor Who. 'Family viewing? How do you explain that to a child?' The illustration he chose to show this terrible horrible mustnt ever speak of it? Two guys holding hands.
... I did not say anything until his presentation was over. And what I said was that I disagree with that a lot. In big letters. He reckons there's no such thing as a gay kid. I know that line of argument, I know I'm not going to get anywhere with it in a couple of sentences, so I said I not get into argument in class.
Tutor pointed out there's been gay subtext in DW all along.
Used for example Stones of Blood.
Nobody mentioned Jack. I must now do my presentation on Captain Jack Harkness, omnisexual action hero, and the bit JB has said about how kids going for autographs say out loud how it's okay to be gay.
... okay, what I mostly need to do with my presentation is actually do one. Pick an episode and write 500 words. How hard can it be?
... yeah, how many episodes are there again? Even if I just include the ones on DVD + 5 + 7...
indecision always the tricksy bit anyways!
I also still want to do the 'why 7 is sekritly the best Doctor EVA an Ace is the bestest companion even including Martha here I show you Fenric & Last of'
er, I has to go catch car now, finish later
One presentation was about how Love & Monsters is quite good actually. I had no objections to that. It even covered why the paving slab is *facepalm*
The other presentations hated Unicorn & Wasp. Because it is not a proper historical. It doesn't teach history or science and needs to get back to the show's roots. In the black and white era.
Now as an opinion I can live with that, though I think the episode had much to say about depictions of history, social attitudes that seem worth mentioning as making history seem outdated, and a lot of neat stuff about forming identities from media texts and how one can choose where to identify with.
The bit that I had to say I disagree with was where he complained about the gays. That was how he put it. The gays getting in to Doctor Who. 'Family viewing? How do you explain that to a child?' The illustration he chose to show this terrible horrible mustnt ever speak of it? Two guys holding hands.
... I did not say anything until his presentation was over. And what I said was that I disagree with that a lot. In big letters. He reckons there's no such thing as a gay kid. I know that line of argument, I know I'm not going to get anywhere with it in a couple of sentences, so I said I not get into argument in class.
Tutor pointed out there's been gay subtext in DW all along.
Used for example Stones of Blood.
Nobody mentioned Jack. I must now do my presentation on Captain Jack Harkness, omnisexual action hero, and the bit JB has said about how kids going for autographs say out loud how it's okay to be gay.
... okay, what I mostly need to do with my presentation is actually do one. Pick an episode and write 500 words. How hard can it be?
... yeah, how many episodes are there again? Even if I just include the ones on DVD + 5 + 7...
indecision always the tricksy bit anyways!
I also still want to do the 'why 7 is sekritly the best Doctor EVA an Ace is the bestest companion even including Martha here I show you Fenric & Last of'
er, I has to go catch car now, finish later
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Date: 2008-06-05 06:02 am (UTC)The Jack Harkness kisses scene is an excellent way to refute him! Because if there is no such thing as a gay kid then by his definition there can't be such a thing as a heterosexual kid either, so no heterosexual affection should be shown in front of children either. You have to show both or neither, not just one. (Not that it is a 'both' of course, but you have to keep things simple when refuting idiots.)