This remix is just what I’ve been wanting – death to Edward Cullin!  I might be a little biased because I was a consultant on this project but I think it turned out wonderfully.  It is a meticulously crafted discussion about the disturbing and unacceptable behaviour of Edward Cullin.  Where in Twilight his controlling and stalkerish ways are celebrated as romantic, in this reimagined narrative, using the empowered yet complicated character of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Jonathan McIntosh demonstrates an alternative way of looking at Edward’s character.

I find the Twilight series to be the antithesis of anything feminist from the over dominating, stalking (and murdering) boyfriend to the disempowered female protagonist.

In this re-imagined narrative, Edward Cullen from the Twilight Series meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It’s an example of transformative storytelling serving as a pro-feminist visual critique of Edward’s character and generally creepy behavior. Seen through Buffy’s eyes, some of the more sexist gender roles and patriarchal Hollywood themes embedded in the Twilight saga are exposed – in hilarious ways. Ultimately this remix is about more than a decisive showdown between the slayer and the sparkly vampire. It also doubles as a metaphor for the ongoing battle between two opposing visions of gender roles in the 21ist century. — This transformative work constitutes a fair-use of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright law. The remix is licensed under a creative commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 license.

Read an article from Jonathan McIntosh about why he made “Buffy vs Edward” at WIMN Voices where he discusses his pro-feminist interpretation of Twilight and also gives a big shout out to the vidding community which was a primary influence in making this video.  His other remixes can be seen on his blog at www.rebelliouspixels.com

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