Faith the Vampire Slayer
By Duy Tano
I don't really talk about it much, but I'm a big fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It's probably
my favorite live-action TV show ever that's not a straight-up comedy, and
although I'm not that big a fan to
follow the comics, I could watch certain parts of the show and its spinoff, Angel, over and over again. I even tried
starting a Buffy blog at one point, with the intention of watching each episode
and commenting on it, until I realized it was too much work.
I fell in love with the show in the middle of Season 4,
widely regarded as one of its worst seasons. Specifically, I was hooked on what
was probably its best two episodes: "This Year's Girl" and "Who
Are You?", featuring the return of Faith, the rogue vampire slayer.
Anyone who reads The Comics Cube on a regular basis knows I'm
a sucker for the evil twin gimmick, the "road not taken," the villain
with the same powers as the hero, but deadlier! And of course, to top it all
off, Faith was portrayed by Eliza Dushku.
In short, she was hot.
In short, she was hot.
Faith was my favorite character on both shows, and I'd like
to think it was more than just because she was so physically attractive, since,
well, that universe also had Charisma Carpenter and Amy Acker and Sarah Michelle
Gellar and so on and so forth. There was just something compelling about her.
Eliza played her perfectly.
I've often said that Eliza is Faith. It's basically the only character she can do. Whenever she's tried to expand her acting chops—which is an admirable thing to do—the success rate hasn't been high. She's not that good an actress. But no one else is Faith.
I've often said that Eliza is Faith. It's basically the only character she can do. Whenever she's tried to expand her acting chops—which is an admirable thing to do—the success rate hasn't been high. She's not that good an actress. But no one else is Faith.
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