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Westworld Season 2: A Feminist Reading
We’ve finished season two of Westworld on Sunday and we’re still untangling what it all means. Did toxic masculinity win the day? Will the women, people of color, and women of color create a new world order? Is it even “now?” Check out my analysis of the second half of Read more…
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S2E10: Sweet Dream or Beautiful Nightmare? The Season Two Finale of Westworld
Last night, I watched the season two finale of Westworld along with millions of fans. What struck me is how clearly the episode articulated who are the heroes and who are the villains. After weeks of uncertainty – spoiler – the women, the people of color, and particularly the women Read more…
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S2E9: Suicide, Love, and Loss on Westworld
Lots of people have died on Westworld. Some multiple times. Yet no episode has focused so much on death as last night’s “Vanishing Point.” It was a detailed examination of suicide – who commits it, who doesn’t, and why. I know the show’s creators couldn’t have predicted our real-world news Read more…
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S2E8: The Noble “Savages” of Westworld Revealed
For so long, we’ve seen Zahn McClarnon play the Ghost Nation warrior Akecheta in the background of Westworld but we never knew what drove him. He’s ridden in and out of Maeve’s nightmares. Been involved in bloody battles. Seemed a fierce and furious “barbarian.” Last night, he got his own Read more…
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S2E7: Questioning the Nature of Reality: We’re Watching Westworld
Murder is not a hopeful enterprise. If you could count the liters of blood spilt on Westworld, you’d end up with the equation: Westworld = ultimate fatalist enterprise. A darker vision of humanity is hard to come by. As the show continues to make us question the nature of humanity, Read more…
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S2E6: The Daughters of Westworld: Salvation, Destruction, or Both?
I would have titled the episode “My Mother’s Daughter” although I suppose “Phase Space” has more of a cool, futuristic bent. But title aside, last night on Westworld, it was all about the daughters. We spent quality time wrapping up Akane’s plotline as she grieves Sakura. Maeve finally reunites with Read more…