Sarah Michelle Gellar: a star for a new millenium
- Peter Mattessi (University of Melbourne)
Sarah Michelle Gellar as screaming blonde (as in Scream 2)
Buffy in a different context?
Audience expectation of SMG as Buffy
"Buffy" as the official role - TV series longer than film, more character devleopment, greater relationship to audience.
"Buffy the Bachelor Slayer"
Not only other roles, but her personal life is read in context of Buffy.
More meaning and enjoyment created by the specator (teen demographic) which is separate to the text.
This presenter also showed a lot of photographs of SMG's changing hairstyles and he seemed quite smitten by Freddie Prinze Jnr. He had one of their wedding photographs printed on his t-shirt.