I didn't have a satellite dish when Farscape was first on. My friend did and told me about it, so I attempted to watch via DVD, in the days before Netflix was widespread. It was a disaster with the first company that did the DVDs, but I eventually caught up (though slightly out of order) with what was airing when I finally got Dish Network. It's funny to think I wanted a dish just to jet Sci Fi, now there's not really anything I'll watch on that channel.
It was much more of an ensemble cast, even though they had the human male and female leads. I do think the show put Crichton's white male lead privilege in its place sometimes, much more than most shows would. It was more about putting his Earther mentality in its place, but that took care of a lot of his privilege at the same time. As time went on and he became more like his fellow shipmates, it does seem like things centered on him more and more, and put his privilege on greater display.
Since I did watch things in a jumble, I really should sit down and work out a rewatch in order. I've got so many things I want to rewatch -- Farscape, Buffy, Babylon 5 -- but there's also so many new things I want to watch (or older titles I didn't see the first time around), so it's difficult to find the time.
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Date: 2011-04-06 06:23 pm (UTC)It was much more of an ensemble cast, even though they had the human male and female leads. I do think the show put Crichton's white male lead privilege in its place sometimes, much more than most shows would. It was more about putting his Earther mentality in its place, but that took care of a lot of his privilege at the same time. As time went on and he became more like his fellow shipmates, it does seem like things centered on him more and more, and put his privilege on greater display.
Since I did watch things in a jumble, I really should sit down and work out a rewatch in order. I've got so many things I want to rewatch -- Farscape, Buffy, Babylon 5 -- but there's also so many new things I want to watch (or older titles I didn't see the first time around), so it's difficult to find the time.