Comments on: 1001 Nights of Snowfall by Bill Willingham http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1209 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Tue, 26 May 2026 05:33:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Fishballs http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1209&cpage=1#comment-10719 Fishballs Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:29:31 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1209#comment-10719 sorry, replace 'action' with 'acting' blargh.and 'wronger' with 'wronged' I'm a terrible typist. also it's six am and it's been a looong night. sorry, replace ‘action’ with ‘acting’

blargh.and ‘wronger’ with ‘wronged’ I’m a terrible typist. also it’s six am and it’s been a looong night.

]]> By: Fishballs http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1209&cpage=1#comment-10718 Fishballs Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:27:29 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1209#comment-10718 I've never really thought of Bill Willingham's work on Fables to be sexist. I agree with Ford MF in that the scene really was quite harrowing and in turn leads to Fly's current heroics in the realm of the Fables. Add that to the fact that a lot of the female characters come across as strong women (Snow being the showrunner at Fabletown and afterwards becoming a mother, plus her back story as a woman action against people who have wronger her, Rose Red running the Farm, Dame Totenkinder with her weaving in the background are a few examples) I'm having a hard time seeing the sexism in his work. I'd be interested in seeing the occasions of sexism that you mentioned. It must be said that it's been a good few months since I've read the earlier books, so my memory could be a little blurry. I’ve never really thought of Bill Willingham’s work on Fables to be sexist. I agree with Ford MF in that the scene really was quite harrowing and in turn leads to Fly’s current heroics in the realm of the Fables.

Add that to the fact that a lot of the female characters come across as strong women (Snow being the showrunner at Fabletown and afterwards becoming a mother, plus her back story as a woman action against people who have wronger her, Rose Red running the Farm, Dame Totenkinder with her weaving in the background are a few examples) I’m having a hard time seeing the sexism in his work. I’d be interested in seeing the occasions of sexism that you mentioned.

It must be said that it’s been a good few months since I’ve read the earlier books, so my memory could be a little blurry.

]]> By: Laura Fox http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1209&cpage=1#comment-10687 Laura Fox Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:15:14 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1209#comment-10687 I'm also concerned about how the middle-easter *villain* is preserved (Shahriar, I believe it was, the sultan from The Arabian Nights who killed all his wives the next morning) while the heroic Scheherezade is co-opted by a westerner. Not to mention that originally IIRC, Scheherezade was not shanghaied; she *chose* to marry the murderous sultan and attempt her plan to end his killing spree with stories, risking herself to save other women. (Mind I haven't read Fables, this is just things that stick out to me from what I've heard about it.) I’m also concerned about how the middle-easter *villain* is preserved (Shahriar, I believe it was, the sultan from The Arabian Nights who killed all his wives the next morning) while the heroic Scheherezade is co-opted by a westerner. Not to mention that originally IIRC, Scheherezade was not shanghaied; she *chose* to marry the murderous sultan and attempt her plan to end his killing spree with stories, risking herself to save other women.

(Mind I haven’t read Fables, this is just things that stick out to me from what I’ve heard about it.)

]]> By: Ford MF http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1209&cpage=1#comment-10682 Ford MF Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:23:45 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1209#comment-10682 It's been a couple months, but I remember the scene as harrowing instead of tacky, and a good job of being unsettling without overdoing it. It’s been a couple months, but I remember the scene as harrowing instead of tacky, and a good job of being unsettling without overdoing it.

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