We are free as the wind through the trees, or so we are told.
"And then you found out your neighbor's a-
"Doll, yeah."
"...I was going to say 'victim'."
I just figured out Dollhouse and Paul Ballard with that one exchange. I'm halfway through "Briar Rose" and I'm leaving for a party with weathered2dust , but I'll be back for the rest in a bit. (ALSO: ALAN TUDYK. LOVE.)
But yes, Paul. This bit of dialogue shows that the actives as victims is no longer the first thing on his mind. Melly, as a victim, as HIS victim, is no longer the first thing on his mind. It's a show, for his story, about OBSESSION. Not about a hero.
Where else have we seen this sort of theme? I think it's been most prominent in some of Hitchcock's films- especially Vertigo, a film which I kind of hated, by the way. Dollhouse is actually like Vertigo, in many ways. You have a protagonist who's got some problems in his head. You have the loyal girl sidekick who's in love with him, but she also has some problems with her self-image and her relationship to Scottie, and a beautiful object of obsession who's victimized by both the man she's working for and the man devoted to "saving" her, but also complicit in a plot.
More analysis to follow, must run now. feel free to discuss in the comments for the next entry.
"Doll, yeah."
"...I was going to say 'victim'."
I just figured out Dollhouse and Paul Ballard with that one exchange. I'm halfway through "Briar Rose" and I'm leaving for a party with weathered2dust , but I'll be back for the rest in a bit. (ALSO: ALAN TUDYK. LOVE.)
But yes, Paul. This bit of dialogue shows that the actives as victims is no longer the first thing on his mind. Melly, as a victim, as HIS victim, is no longer the first thing on his mind. It's a show, for his story, about OBSESSION. Not about a hero.
Where else have we seen this sort of theme? I think it's been most prominent in some of Hitchcock's films- especially Vertigo, a film which I kind of hated, by the way. Dollhouse is actually like Vertigo, in many ways. You have a protagonist who's got some problems in his head. You have the loyal girl sidekick who's in love with him, but she also has some problems with her self-image and her relationship to Scottie, and a beautiful object of obsession who's victimized by both the man she's working for and the man devoted to "saving" her, but also complicit in a plot.
More analysis to follow, must run now. feel free to discuss in the comments for the next entry.