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Neil Gaimanās The Sandman had the longest of mistiest paths to becoming a TV show, three decades after the DC Vertigo comicās debut. The hesitation was down to the fantasy author resisting several awful movie attempts, and too much could have gone wrong in adapting the infinitely layered fantasy story, but Netflix brought a lugubrious and stunning spectacle to screens (full of Life Amid Death) as the first three graphic novels were initially adapted.
The second season has taken years to come together, which isnāt unheard of for a Netflix fantasy series with heavy VFX. Sadly, this could also conceivably be the final season, given that several Gaiman projects (like Amazonās Good Omens) have been cut short, cancelled, or apparently indefinitely paused in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against the author (as initially reported by Tortoise Media). Those accusations do make the showās bonus āCalliopeā story hit differently than when the episode first surfaced, but thatās not a discussion for today. The Sandmanās second season is still coming, so letās (awkwardly) sift through what we can expect.
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How many episodes will we see? The first season brought 10 initial episodes and a bonus hour, but Netflix has not offered a count for the second season. However, Redanian Intelligence has passed on the rumor that we could see 12 new episodes of The Sandman when the show returns. This seems too good to be true, so we will await official word on that note, but the second season will leap headlong into Season Of Mists, the fourth graphic novel (considered the favorite volume of many The Sandman fans).
I still canāt get over this guy writing stories about women empowerment and preaching 24/7 on social media only to turn out a sexual abuser.
Just a reminder thereās never been proof presented to that end.
An aging millionaire writer has admitted to having rough sex with young women he is employing. So, even in the most positive reading of this, the difference in power makes this problematic (on a similar level to the accusations made against Warren Ellis). The fact that the women say they didnāt consent further compounds the problem. Unfortunately, in a lot of sexual assault cases, it can come down to he-said-she-said, which us why securing a prosecution can be really difficult. It doesnāt mean we canāt ignore statements from two women about it. I suppose the problem is, like Ellis, the is no real resolution.
The problem with claims made or modified decades later on a antiwoke right wing podcast that has spoken out against womenās empowerment is that they canāt be taken seriously. Yeah, sleeping with someone youāre paying is bad, ideally no one ever has sex with anyone, ever, but realistically things happen and decades later someone might change their mind about what was consensual for money.
Didnāt he admit to making out with his caretaker on her first day on the job?
Not to rationalise his alleged actions, though given how likely it is that he has had goth women with various kinds of kinks and personality disorders throwing themselves at him for several decades, itās conceivable that he started as a perfectly decent guy and gradually got debauched by circumstance, gradually becoming a monster in imperceptible steps.
Itās not his fault he sexually exploited women! Itās the goth chicks corrupting his mind!
Wow. What a take.
Kind of like the Buffy show being good with lead women actors and what not. Itās been recognized as a strong feminist show, but the creator still treated the women he worked with like objects. You could kind of tell with Joss Whedon though when you see certain storylines with Xander as his fill-in character. And Joss working on more shows after Buffy helped confirm, through many sources, that heās an asshole.
At least I havenāt heard that Joss crossed any line sexually though.
I am definitely pissed that he turned out to be that sort of person.
Sometimes people hold their own behavior to a different standard than they hold others, or donāt internalize how profoundly weighted the power dynamic actually is.
If you donāt see yourself as having as much power as you actually do in a dynamic, then you might behave in a way thatās abusive without seeing it as such, even if youād readily take issue with the same situation in circumstances where you did see the disparity.
Or just cynically playing a part for reputation. Neither excuses anything, but it can be helpful to know how some people find themselves doing bad things without thinking to themselves ātoday Iām gonna be a shit bagā.