I believe it is easy to discuss the idea of "hero" in this episode of Angel. I think we did a lot of this in class already. Who is the real hero? Angel or Doyle? What do people think of when they think of a hero? Cordelia trying to make Angel a hero. Some people mentioned these topics in their blogs too.
But for me, something kept bugging me when we watched this episode and it took me untill now to realize why it was. At the beginning, when Cordelia was making Doyle do the commericial for Angel Investigations, I kept thinking I have seen this before. I had seen the episode before, that is not what I'm talking about. I thought I had seen that commericial before.
Then I realized I had and this actually goes to another diea about heroes. Ghostbusters. In that movie, they make their own cheesy commericial in order to bring in customers and make themselves out to look like superheroes. I am not sure if Angel was paying a tribute to Ghostbusters, but it sure did seem very similar to me. That's probably the reason I thought about this
ghostbusters
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Yesssss. I love that movie. And I also like that the characters are all anti-heroic in some way. They're just people out to make a living and use their skill set.
Just like the Angel crew.
If all he can do is take out baddies, then the American thing to do is make it a business. It's not like he went to college or has an alternative career.
And Cordelia? She's good at...well...I'm not sure yet. She's like the secretary in Ghostbusters!
Brilliant observation, man.
This is SO spot on.
You think Angel is Spengler?
...if we were doing a comparison.
Perhaps it is making a statement that not all "heroes" have to be super? Or if anything perhaps all heroes mess up at times just like everyone else?
Wesley (who comes in later) would more than likely be the Spengler character. Angle is hard to decipher. He might be more like Winston.
@Adam---so you're saying he's badass and black? (lol)
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