From: Fiona Moore nydersdyner@yahoo.co.uk
From: jan b ceri99@hotmail.com There was something else I noticed there, though. At that point, we get an interesting sequence of scenes:
- Meegat falling at Avon's feet.
- Jenna cutting her way through the tent and making it out, only to find
herself at the feet of one of the tribesmen. 3) Cally on the Liberator, flat on the floor with Ensor standing over her. 4) Back to Avon, lifting Meegat up.
I say, old thing, jolly well spotted.
This theme is only broken in the very powerful scene of Servalan subtly twisting the knife with Travis-- and as Neil (and Erving Goffman) suggest, this only serves to throw the other scenes into sharper relief.
I don't think I was the one to make that point. In fact I largely ignored the S/T scenes because they are mainly there to lay down the background for Deliverance and pave the way for the next ep.
Interesting reading. Watching the Meegat scenes over, I didn't see *any*
of
the overt embarrasment or sense of humility and responsibility that a lot
of
people have said they did. He's a bit disconcerted when she actually drops at his feet (but so are Gan and Vila) but he recovers quickly, and for the most part seems to display irritiation, wariness and suspicion (and as a result keeps his gun drawn for the most part... oh, wait, here come the phallic-symbol brigade... DUCK!!!).
Another good point. Several CJ types have cited Avon's response to Meegat as a central attraction of the episode, but it really is a very small part of the whole. Still, CJs do seem to have a talent for getting a lot of mileage out of precious little:)
See what Neil said earlier about such reversals presupposing the original power relation.
I don't think I was the one who said that either (may have been Una?).
Neil