Reading Angel

The TV Spin-off with a Soul

By: Stacey Abbott

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Paperback | 2 August 2005 | Edition Number 1

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In 1999 Angel's creator Joss Whedon moved the vampire with a soul from the successful series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" to his very own spin-off series "Angel". With a cast of characters as tormented by their pasts as is Angel himself, the spin-off has developed its own preoccupations, exploring a darker vision of alienation, atonement and the fight for redemption, with humour and a fine, noir style. The series will complete its run in 2005 and this first discussion and celebration of Angel as a distinct entity explores the full five seasons, with a complete episode guide. The cinematic aesthetics of Angel, its music, shifting portrayals of masculinity, the noir Los Angeles setting, impact of comedy, the superhero, horror, and the influence of corporate and global evil in the form of Wolfram & Hart are just a few of the subjects addressed in this tribute to Angel for its many fans who will be going into mourning in 2005.

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Contributors	p. xiii
Cast List	p. xvii
Kicking Ass and Singing 'Mandy': A Vampire in LA	p. 1
'It Was a Seminal Show Cancelled by the Idiot Networks': Narrative and Style on Angel
Angel: Redefinition and Justification through Faith	p. 17
Ubi Caritas?: Music as Narrative Agent in Angel	p. 31
Transitions and Time: The Cinematic Language of Angel	p. 44
A Sense of the Ending: Schrodinger's Angel	p. 57
'The Big Wacky Variety Show We Call Los Angeles': The City of Angel
Los Angelus: The City of Angel	p. 75
Outing Lorne: Performance for the Performers	p. 88
'LA's got it all': Hybridity and Otherness in Angel's Postmodern City	p. 101
'Hell Incorporated': Wolfram & Hart's Big Bad
Gender Politics in Angel: Traditional vs. Non-Traditional Corporate Climates	p. 117
The Rule of Prophecy: Source of Law in the City of Angel	p. 132
'Trapped in What I Can Only Describe as a Turgid Supernatural Soap Opera': Issues of Genre and Masculinity in Angel
The Dark Avenger: Angel and the Cinematic Superhero	p. 149
'And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine': Wesley/Lilah and the Complicated(?) Role of the Female Agent on Angel	p. 163
From Rogue in the 'Hood to Suave in a Suit: Black Masculinity and the Transformation of Charles Gunn	p. 176
'Nobody Scream ... or Touch My Arms': The Comic Stylings of Wesley Wyndam-Pryce	p. 189
Angel's Monstrous Mothers and Vampires with Souls: Investigating the Abject in 'Television Horror'	p. 203
'Let's Go to Work': The Afterlife of the Spin-off with a Soul
Afterword: The Depths of Angel and the Birth of Angel Studies	p. 221
'We'll Follow Angel to Hell ... or Another Network': The Fan Response to the End of Angel	p. 230
Appendices
Episode Guide	p. 237
Further Reading	p. 249
Index	p. 255
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