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Buffering the Vampire Slayer

5.16: The Body

Buffering the Vampire Slayer

Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure

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4.8 β€’ 2.8K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 29 April 2020

⏱️ 131 minutes

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Summary

Today we journey together into one of the most impactful episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and β€” in our opinion β€” one of the most impactful episodes of television across time and genre, S5E16: The Body. We dig deep into the show's four acts, share in conversation with Professor Jen Malkowski from Smith University who studies representations of death and dying in media, hear selected poems as read by author & poet Alyse Knorr, and end with music composed together by Jenny Owen Youngs and Saul Simon MacWilliams. We couldn't be more thankful to share this journey alongside you, beautiful scoobies. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Also hey, here's our website with events and such: bufferingthevampireslayer.com SPECIAL GUESTS Jen Malkowski; smith.edu/academics/faculty/jennifer-malkowski Jen is an assistant professor of Film and Media Studies at Smith College with a specialization in death and dying in media and the author of Dying in Full Detail which can also be accessed for free here. Alyse Knorr; alysejoy.wixsite.com/alyseknorr Alyse is an assistant professor of English at Regis University and, since 2017, co-editor of Switchback Books. Her most recent book of poems, Mega-City Redux, won the 2016 Green Mountains Review Poetry Prize, selected by Olena Kalytiak Davis. Saul Simon MacWilliams; saulsimonmacwilliams.com/ Saul has worked closely and extensively with composer and producer Dan Romer on films including his Oscar nominated feature 'Beasts of the Southern Wild', 'Digging for Fire', 'Finders Keepers', 'Mediterrania', 'Beasts of No Nation' and ABC's The Good Doctor. In 2018 MacWilliams scored HBO's Martin Luther King Jr. biopic, 'King In The Wilderness', directed by Peter Kunhardt and Co-Scored Clay Tweel's award winning documentary 'Out of Omaha'. MacWilliams scored the Anton Yelchin biopic, 'Love, Antosha', which premiered at Sundance '19 followed by a theatrical release. JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast Logo: Kristine Thune (kristinethune.com) Edited by: Lauren "Karen" Klein & Kristin Russo

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0:00.0

Content note, gentle Scoobies, Buffy the Vampire Slayer contains heavy themes, and this episode

0:10.9

deals with loss and grief.

0:13.8

Hey there, so today we are journeying into one of the most impactful episodes of television

0:20.2

ever made.

0:21.2

Season 5, episode 16 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the Body.

0:25.3

We've worked really hard to honor this episode with our discussion and with the incredible

0:29.6

contributions of many others.

0:31.7

In today's episode, you will hear a small segment of our conversation with Jen Melkowski,

0:36.2

who is a professor of film and media studies at Smith College with a specialization in

0:40.5

death and dying in media.

0:42.4

We were so moved by our conversation with Jen that we released the full interview in

0:46.5

our main feed today alongside this episode.

0:49.7

You'll also be hearing four poems read by our friend, author, poet, and professor at

0:54.8

Regis University, Elise Nore.

0:57.0

All of the information on Jen and Elise's work can be found in today's show notes.

1:01.4

We are so honored and thankful that they spend this time with us.

1:05.5

Next week we're going to have a special episode including a conversation with Angel on

1:09.0

Top's Brittany Ashley and previously unreleased interview footage from our interview with

1:13.7

Christine Sutherland herself.

1:16.6

So so excited to share this with you all as well.

1:19.7

The following week may 13th we'll move into our conversation on season five episode

1:24.3

17 forever.

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