{"id":29728,"date":"2026-09-05T13:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T10:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/?p=29728"},"modified":"2026-09-05T13:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T10:43:17","slug":"clubul-de-seriale-vechi-buffy-the-vampire-slayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/clubul-de-seriale-vechi-buffy-the-vampire-slayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Clubul de seriale vechi: Buffy The Vampire Slayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Recent, a venit o grip\u0103 feroce ca un latin lover \u0219i a dat de pat cu mine de mi-a zguduit osemintele. Febr\u0103 prea mare pentru a ie\u0219i din cas\u0103, oboseal\u0103 din aia, de zici c\u0103 au venit toate nop\u021bile albe de la 20 de ani s\u0103-\u0219i cear\u0103 impozitul. Cam o s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103, am dormit \u0219i am v\u0103zut filme. Problema cu filmele c\u00e2nd zaci bolnav \u00een pat este c\u0103 se termin\u0103 prea repede. Filmele sunt pentru oameni s\u0103n\u0103to\u0219i, care au de investit o or\u0103 \u0219i jum\u0103tate \u00een povestea asta, c\u0103 au treab\u0103 dup\u0103. Pentru oameni bolnavi, care vor fi \u00een pat \u0219i dup\u0103 patru ore, \u0219i dup\u0103 \u0219ase, exist\u0103 serialele. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0218i am rev\u0103zut Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Unul dintre serialele young adult care mi-a definit cultural \u0219i spiritual adolescen\u021ba. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nostalgia pe care unii o au c\u00e2nd viziteaz\u0103 casa copil\u0103riei sau satul bunicilor – eu o am c\u00e2nd v\u0103d un film sau citesc o carte popular\u0103 din anii 90. Anii 90 au fost \u0219i r\u0103m\u00e2n perioada mea ideal\u0103. Mixul perfect de horror gotic, rock necizelat, umor negru f\u0103r\u0103 bariere \u0219i zero corectitudine politic\u0103. Plus, valul al doilea de feminism infuzase cultura popular\u0103 cu ceea ce numeam pe atunci girl power. Micile \u0219i marile ecrane ne ofereau primele eroine puternice, hot\u0103r\u00e2te, pornite \u00een misiuni periculoase, Xena, prin\u021besa r\u0103zboinic\u0103, Dana Scully, care era jum\u0103tatea de\u0219teapt\u0103 \u0219i hot\u0103r\u00e2t\u0103 a cuplului din X-Files \u0219i, desigur, Buffy, spaima vampirilor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

E interesant s\u0103 revezi serialul dup\u0103 20 de ani. Amuzant din anumite puncte de vedere, pentru c\u0103 m\u0103\u0219tile vampirilor \u0219i efectele vizuale sunt at\u00e2t de datate, de zici c\u0103 te ui\u021bi la o emisiune pentru copii produs\u0103 de TV S\u0103placa. Nici atunci nu am \u00een\u021beles de ce vampirii trebuie s\u0103 aib\u0103 fe\u021be schimonosite \u0219i cum se face c\u0103 numai vampirii de care ne \u00eendr\u0103gostim sunt b\u0103ie\u021bi frumo\u0219i, \u00een rest, to\u021bi formeaz\u0103 o mas\u0103 amorf\u0103 de col\u021bi, gheare \u0219i sunete dezarticulate, dar \u0219tiu s\u0103 se bat\u0103 foarte coregrafic \u0219i atletic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dincolo de asta, serialul are un farmec \u0219i un umor absolut irezistibile, \u0219i dac\u0103 dai play primului episod acum, promit c\u0103 o s\u0103 ai ocupa\u021bie tot weekendul, chiar dac\u0103 ini\u021bial aveai alte planuri. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00cen interviuri, creatorul serialului, Joss Whedon, spune c\u0103 ideea serialului i-a venit din cli\u0219eul de la \u00eenceputul filmelor horror: blonda care iese la plimbare noaptea \u0219i e ucis\u0103 cu bestialitate de monstrul s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2nii, fie c\u0103 e zombi, vampir, v\u00e2rcolac sau impozit pe locuin\u021b\u0103. S-a \u00eentrebat: Dar dac\u0103 blonda respectiv\u0103 se \u00eentoarce \u0219i \u00eei administreaz\u0103 monstrului o b\u0103taie de-i sun\u0103 apa \u00een craniu? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Michelle Gellar era blond\u0103. Dar, \u00eenc\u0103 de la v\u00e2rsta aceea foarte fraged\u0103, era o actri\u021b\u0103 de o for\u021b\u0103 \u0219i o profunzime emo\u021bional\u0103 care dep\u0103\u0219eau cu mult cli\u0219eul blondei care moare prima \u00een filme, \u0219i astfel, povestea eroinei plecate la v\u00e2nat vampiri a devenit un fenomen de o popularitate r\u0103v\u0103\u0219itoare \u00een categoria young adult. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Primele trei sezoane acoper\u0103 perioada de liceu, amestec\u00e2nd cu succes comedia clasic\u0103 de liceeni cu elementele gotice horror ale vampirilor, criptelor, pe\u0219terilor \u00eentunecate \u0219i cimitirelor – un mix care le-ar face pe m\u0103mikile de azi s\u0103 protesteze indignate \u00een Pia\u021ba Constitu\u021biei, dar \u00een anii 90, to\u021bi f\u0103ceam petreceri rock \u00een cimitire \u0219i nu mi se p\u0103rea nimic \u00een neregul\u0103 – al patrulea universitatea, iar al cincilea, via\u021ba de dup\u0103 \u0219coal\u0103, cu drame de zi cu zi, ca pierderea mamei, joburi de rahat \u0219i alte aspecte de via\u021b\u0103 cotidian\u0103 filtrate prin prisma supranaturalului, care nu face dec\u00e2t s\u0103 le dea noi nuan\u021be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poate fi un pic \u0219ocant pentru sensibilitatea noastr\u0103 de azi cum Buffy, care la \u00eenceputul serialului are 16 ani, se \u00eendr\u0103goste\u0219te lulea de un vampir prietenos, \u00eenalt, brunet \u0219i foarte Ricky Martin \u00een tr\u0103s\u0103turi \u0219i stil. David Boreanaz, interpretul vampirului Angel, e un b\u0103rbat adult, \u0219i povestea lor de iubire ar fi putut deveni de un cringe incredibil, dac\u0103 Whedon nu ar fi inventat o g\u0103selni\u021b\u0103 foarte smart: Angel a fost blestemat de un trib de romi s\u0103 aib\u0103 un suflet, iar dac\u0103 atinge un moment de fericire absolut\u0103, \u00eel pierde. De aceea, el \u0219i Buffy nu pot fi \u00eempreun\u0103 \u0219i \u00eei tot vedem t\u00e2njind unul dup\u0103 altul, dar, timp de un sezon \u0219i jum\u0103tate, nu se \u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103 mare lucru pe plan intim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apropo de asta: un element care \u00eemi lipse\u0219te din filmele \u0219i serialele de alt\u0103dat\u0103 e acest aspect de slow burn. Eroii \u00ee\u0219i d\u0103deau timp s\u0103 se \u00eendr\u0103gosteasc\u0103. Nu s\u0103reau \u00een pat instant. C\u00e2nd primul s\u0103rut se \u00eent\u00e2mpla la final de sezon, apucai s\u0103 investe\u0219ti emo\u021bie \u0219i anticipare \u00een povestea lor de dragoste, \u0219i delayed gratification avea miz\u0103. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

C\u00e2t timp Buffy \u0219i Angel t\u00e2njesc unul dup\u0103 altul cu priviri pline de dorin\u021b\u0103 \u0219i atingeri fugare, povestea e frumoas\u0103 \u0219i dulce. Dar c\u00e2nd, \u00eentr-un moment de pericol dep\u0103\u0219it cu succes, \u00eei apuc\u0103 pasiunea \u0219i duc treaba p\u00e2n\u0103 la cap\u0103t – la jum\u0103tatea sezonului al doilea – iar el \u00ee\u0219i pierde sufletul \u0219i devine din nou un s\u0103t\u0103nel vicios \u0219i sadic, \u00eemi amintesc cum eu \u0219i toate pu\u0219toaicele vremii am pl\u00e2ns cu spasme \u0219i cu f\u00e2nt\u00e2ni arteziene de muci, \u0219i planeta s-a cutremurat de at\u00e2ta inim\u0103 sf\u00e2\u0219iat\u0103, pentru c\u0103 serialul aborda o tem\u0103 relativ comun\u0103: cum unii b\u0103rba\u021bi se schimb\u0103 brusc dup\u0103 ce intr\u0103 sexul \u00een ecua\u021bie \u0219i \u00eencep s\u0103 h\u0103r\u021buiasc\u0103 cu r\u0103ut\u0103\u021bi bru\u0219te \u0219i nejustificate femeia care tocmai \u0219i-a \u00eemp\u0103r\u021bit cu el cea mai vulnerabil\u0103 ipostaz\u0103. Poate niciun serial nu examineaz\u0103 cu at\u00e2ta acurate\u021be o astfel de tem\u0103, \u0219i, pentru c\u0103 \u00eenc\u0103 nu avem corectitudine politic\u0103, gesturile lui Angel cel r\u0103mas f\u0103r\u0103 suflet fa\u021b\u0103 de Buffy sunt prezentate \u00een toat\u0103 cruzimea, brutalitatea, sadismul \u0219i, \u00een cele din urm\u0103, stupiditatea lor absolut\u0103. Iar la final de sezon, c\u00e2nd o vraj\u0103 \u00eei red\u0103 sufletul, Angel redevine o floricic\u0103 nevinovat\u0103 \u0219i se a\u0219teapt\u0103 s\u0103 te por\u021bi cu el ca \u0219i cum nimic nu s-a \u00eent\u00e2mplat. Din nou, o metafor\u0103 de o acurate\u021be izbitoare. C\u00e2nd Buffy bag\u0103 sabia \u00een el, satisfac\u021bia e absolut\u0103. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similar cu supratema, mul\u021bi mon\u0219tri ai s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2nii sunt metafore transparente ale unei drame de zi cu zi. De exemplu, c\u00e2nd o prezen\u021b\u0103 invizibil\u0103 face ravagii prin liceu, reiese c\u0103 era o coleg\u0103 pe care toat\u0103 lumea a ignorat-o p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een punctul \u00een care a devenit invizibil\u0103 la propriu; iar umorul de situa\u021bie al serialului cap\u0103t\u0103 brusc accente tragice. Poate nicio poveste young adult nu a tratat cu at\u00e2ta profunzime \u0219i \u00een\u021belegere toate momentele de criz\u0103 tipice adolescen\u021bei, f\u0103r\u0103 preten\u021bia de a da verdicte \u0219i, uneori, f\u0103r\u0103 o solu\u021bie pozitiv\u0103. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

De aceea, din punctul meu de vedere, perioada de aur a serialului e reprezentat\u0103 de primele patru sezoane, iar dup\u0103 al cincilea, c\u00e2nd se adun\u0103 prea mul\u021bi mon\u0219tri mirobolan\u021bi \u0219i apare brusc o sor\u0103 f\u0103urit\u0103 artificial \u0219i total inutil\u0103 dramaturgic s\u0103 o agaseze pe Buffy e cam ca perioada din X-Files c\u00e2nd au r\u0103mas f\u0103r\u0103 idei \u0219i au \u00eenceput s\u0103 ne bage pe g\u00e2t povestea lui Scully \u00eens\u0103rcinat\u0103 cu Omul cu \u021aigar\u0103. Nimeni nu a cerut asta, ipostaza e lame, neinspirat\u0103 \u0219i o sugestie clar\u0103 c\u0103 echipa de scenari\u0219ti e \u00een burnout \u0219i excesul de cocain\u0103 d\u0103uneaz\u0103 grav s\u0103n\u0103t\u0103\u021bii. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dar, \u00een ansamblu, Buffy r\u0103m\u00e2ne un serial reper al anilor 90 \u0219i o dovad\u0103 c\u0103 arta young adult nu trebuie s\u0103 fie nici superficial\u0103, nici simplificat\u0103 for\u021bat. Decorat\u0103 cu geci de piele neagr\u0103 \u0219i lan\u021buri de metal, da. Minimalizat\u0103, niciodat\u0103. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dac\u0103 \u00ee\u021bi place ceea ce cite\u0219ti, inspir\u0103-m\u0103 cu o cafea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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