An academic seminar on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Balderdash, you say? Think again. From the NY Times:

Let's get the giggles and snorts out of the way now. The idea of an academic conference devoted to a show called "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is bound to arouse derision, and all sorts of talk about the trivialization of academia. That condescending cast of mind is all too familiar to those of us who have championed this gothic teen drama as the most daring, innovative and emotionally complex show on television.



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[A] "Buffy" conference is no more outlandish than the notion of academic attention being paid to C. S. Lewis's "Narnia" books or to "The Lord of the Rings." Though it may still amuse those for whom "adult television" is epitomized by the tidy and dull civics lessons of "The West Wing."

I actually know quite a few snooty ivy league classmates who are avid followers of Buffy. They assert that the dialogue is actually quite clever (this is true--i've witnessed it myself).

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