A professional meta article on Show that is actually good.

[blacklid]

That contest as it is presented in Supernatural reflects a provocative meditation upon the vexed relationship between secular and sacred time, historical reality and millenarial longing, dreams of unfettered progress and the deadening hand of past trauma. In short, the series in its composition and concerns is a manifestation of the collective

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[fannishliss]

thanks very much for this recc. this meta nails it.

I think there is a portion of fans who really dig the metaphysical dimension of Supernatural, I am certainly there, but I'm not sure how many share that feeling outside you, me, and Tahiri, even tho I don't always quite follow you! :P

I think spn is both subtle and deep. I really dig how this dude thinks about the metaphysical alongside the images of "America" in all her wild and wacky glory that show presents to us. For my taste, there is also a real and present gender critique, to be sure, a critique of what it means to be a Man in today's America, that dude didn't quite lay hold of. but that is my bugbear to wrestle. ONE DAY.

thanks again, I really enjoyed it!

[blacklid]

I think there might me more of us that you think! Although I'm curious how you go from a zeitgeist to a gender-based analysis, so I'm very interested to hear what that's about. I would point you here for some good words on that aspect: http://themonkeytwin.livejournal.com/24670.html

Your icon still confuses me udderly. So here is one of mine that is just as perturbing (no self-respecting unicorn should have to wear Garry Shandling's face, you know?)

[fannishliss]

Well, my icon is easy to explain. It is the cover of Man Eating Cow #1, a spin-off from the Tick Comic Book by Ben Edlund. I would never have begun to watch Supernatural except that I was googling Edlund one day to see what he was up to and saw that he had written several eps for s2. So the first ep I ever watched was "Nightshifter." :D

[blacklid]

Uhhh.... all anti-heroes have extreme penis, there is no God, and Pink Floyd was romanticizing fascism?

[a_phoenixdragon]

I love your face for this...thank you...

*SQUISH*

[blacklid]

That's good, because my face is needing some love and an ice pack right about now. *takes a nap on her desk*

[a_phoenixdragon]

*Sends an icepack, Tylenol and a pillow*