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The story of the episode Anne is clearly an allusion to the economic philosophies of Karl Marx. According to Marx, the proletariat, abused and maltreated factory workers, are slaves under the whip of the capitalistic, bourgeoise factory-owners. But eventually the proletariat will rise up and destroy their bourgeoise masters. This parallels the plot in Anne, where Buffy leads the workers to kill the demon bosses and escape the factory. Additionally, during the revolt, Buffy fights with a big hammer and a weapon that, given the context, can easily be mistaken for a sickle. The Hammer and Sickle are the international signs of Communism, which developed directly from Marxism. |
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| Added: | › 29th November 2005 |
| Updated: | › 2nd March, 2006 |
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November 29th, 2005 at 5:11 am
Yes, there can be no doubt that “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” is a unadulterated communist allegory, and Joss Whedon is America’s most vocal advocate for the downtrodden proletariat. We see it time and again, and is most evident in those episodes in which Sarah Michelle Gellar — Sunnydale’s answer to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin — has nine or ten designer costume changes. Only a true bolshevik would own that many pairs of shoes….
November 29th, 2005 at 6:07 am
Brilliant.
November 29th, 2005 at 4:26 pm
*blushes* Aw, shucks, folks…’tweren’t nuthin’….(heh heh…)
November 29th, 2005 at 4:42 pm
Well, we know the man leans heavily to the left…
(he he)