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![]() "Always be yourself... unless you suck." "This is my entire career in one scene: Look, she’s helpless! No, she’s kicking their asses!" Joseph Hill Whedon (born June 23, 1964) is a scriptwriter, director, cameo actor, television producer through his famed Mutant Enemy production company, Comic Book author, and — as of his appearance on This American Life — a singer. He is best known for his work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse, the famously-cancelled cult hit Firefly, its motion picture Serenity, Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog and The Avengers. Coming from a family of talented writers, Joss is also notable for often being called one of the first third-generation television writers.Most of his works include badass female characters, as well as numerous characters with dry, caustic wit. And angst. Lots and lots of angst. Even in the middle of comic storylines or situations.In fact, Whedon delights in defying audience expectations, to the point that "Jossed" became synonymous with fan theories being disproven. For instance, rather than killing a major character, he'll kill off a minor but much more endearing character. Whedon explained in the DVD commentary for Serenity that he likes doing such things because people expect the hero to die or be horribly injured at some point — but they don't expect the minor characters to die, so the impact is much greater! Unfortunately, he's done this so often that nobody familiar with Whedon expects characters they like to live anymore.His Twitter account may be found here— Joss Whedon List of Works Television Work:
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