Charisma Carpenter talks about her emotional abuse by male feminist Joss Whedon
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As much of a wankstain as Joss is, this is just her post-wall self trying to jump back on the #MeToo bandwagon that she missed the first time it ran over Joss, back when his ex-wife had him by the short-and-curlies and was exposing his shit to the world. She can take her B-list self and move on down the road, because she was never an "actress" of any major level of talent and the only thing anyone remembers her for is being "the good-looking bitchy one" on Buffy and the sidekick on Angel, twenty-odd years ago.
Oh fuck, it's been 20+ years.
Thanks for making me feel old
Hell, I felt really old when I looked it up. Buffy originally premiered in 1997 - nearly 24 years ago. I can remember watching that with my friends back in college, and it doesn't feel like it's been that long. Now I know how my dad felt when he talked to me about watching the old Adam West Batman series when I watched it with him as a kid, in syndicated re-runs.
Never mind lads I can remember watching ET at the cinema on it's first run...that's how old I am.
I feel you. I can recall watching the original Star Wars (back before they started tacking the "A New Hope" tagline on it) while standing on the backseat of my parent's car at the drive-in when I was a tyke. Pop culture experiences like that are few and far between these days.
Nah, these rumors about joss have been around for a long time. Like back when these shows were first-run television.
Oh, I'm not saying they weren't around back then. I think I can recall rumblings on the fan board back in the day. What I was getting at was her timing. It's awfully convenient of her to jump back on the bandwagon with her story now that Joss is being taken to task over mistreating a black actor, when she could have spoken up at any time before now - doubly so when the #MeToo movement was in full swing and people accusing Joss were crawling out of the woodwork. She missed that clout on the first go-around, so she's going for a low-rent bump on it now that she's hit 50 and not being considered for any roles, anywhere. Sure, her story of how Joss was an absolute prick to her needs to be told, but I really feel like this was more of a tactical revelation than something that comes from the heart.