Reading Joss Whedon

Title Page, Other Works in the Series, Copyright, Dedication

READING JOSS WHEDON Television and Popular Culture Robert J. Thompson, Series Editor O T H E R T I T L E S I N T E L E V I S I O N A N D P O P U L A R C U LT U R E Inside the TV Writer’s Room: Practical Advice for Succeeding in Television Lawrence Meyers, ed. Screwball Television: Critical Perspectives on “Gilmore Girls” David Scott Diffrient, ed., with David Lavery “Something on My Own”: Gertrude Berg and American Broadcasting, 1929–1956 Glenn D. Smith Jr. Starting Your Television Writing Career: The Warner Bros. Television Writers Workshop Guide Abby Finer and Deborah Pearlman Watching TV: Six Decades of American Television, expanded second edition Harry Castleman and Walter J. Podrazik Interrogating the Shield Nicholas Ray, ed. TV on Strike: Why Hollywood Went to War over the Internet Cynthia Littleton “You Can’t Air That”: Four Cases of Controversy and Censorship in American Television Programming David S. Silverman READING JOSS WHEDON Edited by RHONDA V. WILCOX TANYA R. COCHRAN CYNTHEA MASSON DAVID LAVERY S Y R AC USE U N I V E R SI T Y PR E S S Copyright © 2014 by Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York 13244-5290 All Rights Reserved First Edition 2014 14 15 16 17 18 19 6 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. For a listing of books published and distributed by Syracuse University Press, visit www.SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu. ISBN: 978-0-8156-3364-8 (cloth) 978-0-8156-1038-0 (paper) 978-0-8156-5283-0 (e-Book) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Reading Joss Whedon / edited by Rhonda V. Wilcox, Tanya R. Cochran, Cynthea Masson, and David Lavery. — First edition. pages cm. — (Television and popular culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8156-3364-8 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8156-1038-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8156-5283-0 (ebook) 1. Whedon, Joss— Criticism and interpretation. I. Wilcox, Rhonda, editor of compilation. II. Cochran, Tanya R., editor of compilation. III. Masson, Cynthea, 1962– editor of compilation. IV. Lavery, David, 1949– editor of compilation. PN1992.4.W49R43 2014 791.45092—dc23 2014003751 Manufactured in the United States of America To Our Families—Blood and Chosen ...