I was amazed to see, in the book, your original handwritten lyrics to “My Freeze Ray,” which contain no crossed-out words, changes or even misspellings. Did all the songs emerge from your head fully-formed like Athena?
- an interview with Joss Whedon by Dave Itkoff
I like Joss Whedon. I'm sure you like Joss Whedon, and Dave definitely likes Joss Whedon. That's great because Joss is funny, talented, and keeps making things that we can all enjoy.* I'm also certain that this kiss ass "Athena" question is intended as jokingly over the top admiration. It's just there is a problem when you're making a joke; the reader is supposed to laugh. My eyes rolled so hard that I have whiplash. It might just work better spoken aloud where inflection can give more depth than "I love your genius so much that it borders on religion". I'm certain that Joss could make that joke work, but that's the problem with trying to be whedonesque. We all like Joss because he's better at what he does than we'll ever be.*I am excluding most of Buffy Season 8 from this statement.
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