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Most of us started watching Fox’s Dollhouse because of Whedon’s vampiric and mutant credentials. “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” is now an iconic pop culture idol and Whedon’s assignment in the X-Men Universe gave back Marvel’s lucrative outcasts their long-lost edginess.
Dollhouse, though, has proven to be a bag of mixed feelings and a recipient of lukewarm reviews and ratings. To be honest with you, I didn’t expect Fox to renew for a second season this dystopian, apocalyptic and ethically challenging sci-fi drama. Keeping in mind that Fox is the same network that hosts the most conservative/republican-oriented news programming, it’s rather surprising that the network chose to give to this progressive show another chance.
Surely there are moments of second-rate acting and poor plot, but Dollhouse’s concept provides the framework for a richer sociological and anthropological conversation like no other show on television right now. It raises issues of ethics, science and human nature in an unparalleled level for pop culture on a weekly basis. Sadly, though, Fox will eventually pull the plug on Dollhouse’s production after the show completes its 13-episode run. For what is worth, Dollhouse will surely have a better luck as an unappreciated cult show in the future and will set the stage for shows that provoke more than just our superficial senses.
Whedon’s creation is not an easy pill to swallow. It will neither comfort nor pamper you. Instead the knowledge that in the end nothing changes in the Dollhouse is the only redeeming element the viewer collects. Yet, Whedon is not a creature of habit. In this second season Whedon is shaking things up; thus progressing the storyline toward the cramped future depicted in the unaired 13th episode of the first season.
Though, most of all, Dollhouse is a show about how far men will go to satisfy their profound desires and the compromises they will have to endure to achieve them. In other words, it’s a trip to the dark side of the human nature and our innate lust for power and control.
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