The predator may be your hero, too. Meeting your mentor, where truth lies, can ring sober much later, from new angle. This ep, we explore: "The Fallen Ones." Here, we accept full truth, of those we admire. We learn who they harm, too. Joss Whedon is focus today. Whedon sometimes behaves in classic predatory manner, with key examples. We analyze language, of those without empathy - so we know, what they do, before they target - you.
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NOTES:
Joss Whedon - Creator of Buffy, Angel, Firefly, etc.
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Firefly - a few actors from the series:
Nathan Fillion - Malcom aka Mal
Gina Torress - Zoe
Adam Baldwin = Jayne
Morena Baccarin - Inara
Ron Glass - preacher
Jewel Staite - Kaylee
Alan Tudyk - Hoban
Summer Glau - River
Sean Maher - Simon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_(TV_series)
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Joss Whedon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Whedon
"The Undoing of Josh Whedon" - written by Lila Shapiro, Senior Reporter, Vulture:
https://www.vulture.com/article/joss-whedon-allegations.html
{Below, analyzing some of Whedon's key predatory behavior. Outlined, using direct quotes from the investigation of Ms. Shapiro. - spot his tells, before they spot you}:
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EXAMPLE: [Devaluation of direct feedback, denial, threatening, Ad Hominem = capacity to perceive accurately, racism as justification for poor communication skills, justification of poor communication skills with "flowery" self focused compliment as rationalization, Entitlement display, low empathy display]
'Gadot didn’t care for Whedon’s style either. Last year, she told reporters Whedon “threatened” her and said he would make her “career miserable.” Whedon told me he did no such thing: “I don’t threaten people. Who does that?” He concluded she had misunderstood him. “English is not her first language, and I tend to be annoyingly flowery in my speech.” '
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EXAMPLE: [potentially: love bombing, obsessive, pedestal placing behaviors]
"At Whedon’s house, his wife, Horton, would occasionally come into the living room bearing tea and dark chocolates. When I asked where they’d met, she said, “Right here.” A mutual friend introduced them in the winter of 2019, after learning Whedon had bought several of Horton’s paintings, including a self-portrait. She was greeted by an image of herself when she walked into his home."
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Example: [potentially: Self focused fantasy - over reality & direct feedback, polarized extreme language, "future faking" = "I'm a nice guy" = forced fantasy script of who they are, while categorically denying direct responsibility]
'Maybe the problem was he’d been too nice, he said. He’d wanted people to love him, which meant when he was direct, people thought he was harsh. In any case, he’d decided he was done worrying about all that. People had been using “every weaponizable word of the modern era to make it seem like I was an abusive monster,” he said. “I think I’m one of the nicer showrunners that’s ever been.” '
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Comparative example:
"Tippi Hedren, who made The Birds and Marnie with director Alfred Hitchcock, previously said he threatened to "ruin" her acting career after rebuffing his alleged sexual advances" [Pedestal placing behavior, obsessive, sadism, non consenting assault]
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