EPISODE 38: LES BELLES ET LES BÊTES (S03E04 “Beauty and the Beasts”)
“And I’ll... Go lock myself in the cage...”
Something feral is loose in Sunnydale savaging affable emo teens and compassionate school counsellors alike. Is it Oz,the moon-crazed werewolf? Angel, the Hell-maddened reborn vampire? These hogs we've heard so much about?
The Buffy Boys drink the toxic masculinity Kool-Aid in S03E04 "Beauty and the Beasts".
Key Buffy Bits from this episode include:
"Not All Monster-Men": uncovering the paper tiger of 'misandry' in Buffy fandom
The many uses of a sturdy library book cage
Two men talk about women's experience of domestic violence - a well-intentioned tightrope
Metaphorical sharp relief - confrontation and catharsis fighting against personal demons made real
"We're doing crime! You don't sneak up during crime!"
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The Buffy Boys