Is it Art?

I found this article to be very interesting, though confusing at sometimes, because of its references to so many other movies, television shows, religious characters, and art throughout history. This article really helped me to open my eyes to what was happening in the “Hush” episode of Buffy. To be honest, while I was watching the episode, the minions of “the Gentlemen” seemed so familiar to me and I could not place my finger on what they were from. I think that Moeller did a great job comparing them to both the flying monkeys in “The Wizard of Oz” as well as to the clowns in “The Yellow Submarine”. I never saw “The Yellow Submarine”, but they definitely had many similarities to the monkeys in “The Wizard of Oz”. Both look as though they are being kept as pets and being kept from escaping. As Moeller says, “Are these partially-restrained assistants subhuman mentally/emotionally, previously capable of flight but now captive with clipped wings?” (Moeller 101). I think that this quote says it all. As the monkeys in “The Wizard of Oz” wreak havoc like they escaped from prison, the minions of “the Gentlemen” go on their own rampage, attacking and kidnapping their victims.