47: “Sense and Sensitivity” (Angel S1E6)
Content Warning: discussion of police brutality, acts of violence, and racism
“No, I don't think 'urgh' is the magic word, if one would *call* it a word. And even then it's certainly not a magic one."
The Scooby Duo rip into this episode that plays police brutality and sensitivity training for laughs. Kara’s background as a prosecutor really comes in handy illuminating some of the realities of the criminal justice system. The wide ranging tangents include: infomercials, Mad Men, Nickelodeon Slime, Jane Austen, media depictions of daddy issues, Herb Saunders from Baltimore, gangsters at the gym, rape culture, diet culture, the patriarchy (of course), the history of policing, art vs. commerce, David Tenant, and weasely lawyers, and we have a Still Slaying first, a double “Does Not Still Slay.”
Next time, we’ll be covering Buffy, Season 4, Episode 6, “Wild at Heart.”
Be a rainbow… not a painbow.
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News Links/Referenced Links
Original WB Promo for Sense and Sensitivity
The History of American Police Brutality - https://thenationaltriallawyers.org/article/the-history-of-american-police-brutality/
Police Violence overview on Amnesty International - https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/police-brutality/
Article “War on Drugs Policing and Police Brutality” by Hannah LF Cooper in Volume 50, 2015 - Issue 8-9: Fifty Years Later: Ongoing Flaws and Unfinished Business -
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4800748/
Information on the Ruby Ridge Standoff -
https://www.britannica.com/event/Ruby-Ridge
Information on the Waco Seige -
https://www.britannica.com/event/Waco-siege
Information on the 1996 arson of black churches -
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/18/us/19blackchurch.html
Information on the murder of James Byrd -
https://www.britannica.com/event/murder-of-James-Byrd-Jr
Information on the assault of Abner Louima -
Information on the killing of Tyisha Miller -
https://oxfordaasc.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195301731.001.0001/acref-9780195301731-e-50609
Information on the killing of Amadou Diallo -
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/amadou-diallo-killed-by-police-new-york-city
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Viewing Order
- Buffy 4x01 - The Freshman
- Angel 1x01 - City of...
- Buffy 4x02 - Living Conditions
- Angel 1x02 - Lonely Hearts
- Buffy 4x03 - The Harsh Light Of Day
- Angel 1x03 - In the Dark
- Angel 1x04 - I Fall to Pieces
- Buffy 4x04 - Fear Itself
- Buffy 4x05 - Beer Bad
- Angel 1x05 - Rm w/a Vu
- Angel 1x06 - Sense and Sensitivity
- Buffy 4x06 - Wild at Heart
- Buffy 4x07 - The Initiative
- Angel 1x07 - The Bachelor Party
- Buffy 4x08 - Pangs
- Angel 1x08 - I Will Remember You
- Angel 1x09 - Hero
- Angel 1x10 - Parting Gifts
- Buffy 4x09 - Something Blue
- Buffy 4x10 - Hush
- Buffy 4x11 - Doomed
- Angel 1x11 - Somnambulist
- Angel 1x12 - Expecting
- Angel 1x13 - She
- Buffy 4x12 - A New Man
- Buffy 4x13 - The I In Team
- Buffy 4x14 - Goodbye Iowa
- Angel 1x14 - I've Got You Under My Skin
- Angel 1x15 - The Prodigal
- Buffy 4x15 - This Year's Girl (1/2)
- Buffy 4x16 - Who Are You? (2/2)
- Buffy 4x17 - Superstar
- Angel 1x16 - The Ring
- Angel 1x17 - Eternity
- Buffy 4x18 - Where the Wild Things Are
- Buffy 4x19 - New Moon Rising
- Angel 1x18 - Five by Five (1/2)
- Angel 1x19 - Sanctuary (2/2)
- Buffy 4x20 - The Yoko Factor (1/2)
- Buffy 4x21 - Primeval (2/2)
- Buffy 4x22 - Restless
- Angel 1x20 - War Zone
- Angel 1x21 - Blind Date
- Angel 1x22 - To Shanshu in LA
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