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Justice League director Joss Whedon’s ‘toxic’ history
The opening was straight out of every old horror movie: Teen couple sneaks into a darkened building. Ominous background music swells. He wants to go up to the roof and make out. She thinks she hears a noise; he says its nothing. And then she turns into a monster and pounces on him.
“Welcome to the hell mouth.”
The 1997 pilot episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer wore its trope-flipping female empowerment on its sleeve – and audiences devoured it.
Showrunner Joss Whedon had arrived.
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