I've never seen Babylon 5, but that clip is awesome.
I guess it's partly a paradox: that once a particular trope - say, the Strong Female Character - has become widely accepted, producers don't have to work as hard to "sell" it to the audience... so rather than go to the trouble of writing the actual article, they just have to inform viewers that "Here is the Strong Female Character of our show" and their work is done.
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Date: 2015-05-15 11:04 pm (UTC)I guess it's partly a paradox: that once a particular trope - say, the Strong Female Character - has become widely accepted, producers don't have to work as hard to "sell" it to the audience... so rather than go to the trouble of writing the actual article, they just have to inform viewers that "Here is the Strong Female Character of our show" and their work is done.