James at Collectormania - Seeing Red

James answers a question about Seeing Red. May 6, 2007. Collectormania

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[pixiegirl1492]

What is he talking about?  something on the Buffy show?

[memorex202]

Yes, he's referring to a scene in a Buffy episode. "Seeing Red" season 6.

[hothotheat3000]

That scene was just terrible, not as in acting, but as in terrible to watch. Ugh, just horrifying.

[ilovejlew]

he did so well in that scene...so did sarah...i would hate to do a scene like that :S

[ca1cifer]

Everything in season 6 was hard to watch. The writing and acting was great but watching the character you know and love fall apart one by one was just painful.

[TheBuffylol]

@nightandday she hurt her back and couldnt move well. Thats y it took her a while to throw him off

[joystixxify]

i've read that before, that he had a really tough time doing that scene. i think he also said that he's never watched it

[nightandday]

@endbutterfly ... Besides, she wasn't *that* physically stronger than him as you think - or how come that all their fights were always evenly matched?

[nightandday]

@endbutterfly I don't think of Spike as "the woman" in their relationship, and I don't see their relationship as being about gender reversal as much as sharing gender roles. And as far as abuse goes, there was a lot of abuse on both sides during their relationship. Fan reactions range from "Spike was a manipulative bastard who dragged poor Buffy into a destructive relationship" to "Buffy was a heartless bitch abusing poor Spike" - both are equally wrong and one-sided views, IMO.

[nightandday]

@endbutterfly Physical strength is not the only issue in rape. There are emotional and psychological issues, and the issue of abuse of trust. Why did she plead for him to stop instead of giving her best to stop him physically at once? Maybe she couldn't believe he was doing this and hoped he would stop himself.

[ellenDportiaDRfan]

even now if i'm watching the episode i just skip that scene

[endbutterfly]

I always thought of Spike as the woman in their relationship. I mean, what makes it different that it's a man? Is it superior strength? Buffy was much stronger than Spike even with the injury. Even when he was on top of her she had control. Nothing would happen without her consent. It was awful but I don't think I was as affected by that scene as much as I was 'supposed' to be. Her abuse of him seemed worse to me. The whole lighting thing and no music was an attempt to make it worse than it was.

[SimpleBuffyAlien]

do you still h8 spike?

if so think of what he went through after. he went to get his soul for buffy what caused him pain and then he tried making it up to buffy which she accepted. i mean buffy doesnt h8 him anymore you should lol =D

yh i love spike thats y i had to say that :S

[BTVSBlackIris]

I love how 99% of the audience is female