Joss Whedon's Dollhouse and Joss Whedon's Dollhouse.
One of the most interesting features of the DVD releases of Joss Whedon's television series, Dollhouse, is the title: "Joss Whedon's Dollhouse." I argue that this full title has specific importance to our understanding of the series. The series was widely panned by critics, who tended to read it as...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 153 - 171 |
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