death and resurrection of recurring characters (http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/index.php?title=Dead...or_are_they%3F)
I don't think the statistics approach is actually valid. Someone can always argue that the show is misogynist because it was 2 male leads. *sigh* It's no different from a Sam girl arguing that the show hates Sam because Dean gets more minutes on screen.
My point would be that the idea of a character being killed (in terms of an analysis of how a certain group is treated) as something 'bad' is not valid. That only holds if death removes a character from the narrative ie if female chacrters only purpose was to appear, have no character development, not be part of the story, get killed and disappear.
In Supernatural being dead doesn't take a character out of the story. A good example is mary - killed in the first five minutes of the show, but a recurring character who's integral to the narrative for 6 seasons.
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Date: 2011-05-29 10:01 pm (UTC)I don't think the statistics approach is actually valid. Someone can always argue that the show is misogynist because it was 2 male leads. *sigh* It's no different from a Sam girl arguing that the show hates Sam because Dean gets more minutes on screen.
My point would be that the idea of a character being killed (in terms of an analysis of how a certain group is treated) as something 'bad' is not valid. That only holds if death removes a character from the narrative ie if female chacrters only purpose was to appear, have no character development, not be part of the story, get killed and disappear.
In Supernatural being dead doesn't take a character out of the story. A good example is mary - killed in the first five minutes of the show, but a recurring character who's integral to the narrative for 6 seasons.