palabravampiress
Bidet of Evil
I hope your presentation goes well!
It looks like you already picked your clip. I don't want to confuse matters more, but I don't think that's the clip I'd pick. It's too mainstream. Doyle is the anti-hero who, torn between his dark side and his light side, redeems the dark by using it for the light in a selfless sacrifice. That's the classic redemption formula that's as old and as mainstream as any self-sacrificing mythical creature out there. I think you can make a case for the clip as being fairly representative of the themes and characters portrayed on the show as a whole, and Angel surely is a cult show. I think you'll do well if you stick with your idea.
If I had to give the presentation, though, I'd pick the one in which Angel leaves the lawyers to die at the hands of his vampire mother and daughter. For me, that's the ultimate "cult" moment of the early seasons. Mainstream heroes don't do that! But in this show, Angel, who knows better than anyone of what atrocities these two are capable, allows and encourages them to do what they do best. He orchestrates and assists in slaughter, even after the lawyers ask for his help. Plus, the family and incestuous undertones of his relationships with Darla and Dru add an interesting element to the mix. Darla made him, he made Dru. Then, he killed Darla (with a phallic object) and Dru remade her. I'm sure there's a textbook full of Freudian thought to play with there in addition to the fact that, on this show, the hero is as fundamentally bad and depraved as any of the villains (but that he usually struggles against it).
It looks like you already picked your clip. I don't want to confuse matters more, but I don't think that's the clip I'd pick. It's too mainstream. Doyle is the anti-hero who, torn between his dark side and his light side, redeems the dark by using it for the light in a selfless sacrifice. That's the classic redemption formula that's as old and as mainstream as any self-sacrificing mythical creature out there. I think you can make a case for the clip as being fairly representative of the themes and characters portrayed on the show as a whole, and Angel surely is a cult show. I think you'll do well if you stick with your idea.
If I had to give the presentation, though, I'd pick the one in which Angel leaves the lawyers to die at the hands of his vampire mother and daughter. For me, that's the ultimate "cult" moment of the early seasons. Mainstream heroes don't do that! But in this show, Angel, who knows better than anyone of what atrocities these two are capable, allows and encourages them to do what they do best. He orchestrates and assists in slaughter, even after the lawyers ask for his help. Plus, the family and incestuous undertones of his relationships with Darla and Dru add an interesting element to the mix. Darla made him, he made Dru. Then, he killed Darla (with a phallic object) and Dru remade her. I'm sure there's a textbook full of Freudian thought to play with there in addition to the fact that, on this show, the hero is as fundamentally bad and depraved as any of the villains (but that he usually struggles against it).
