an email from Jean, about the two minute Buffy Musical Episode promo:

Something else that's interesting about WDWGFH is the juxtaposition when they're all lined up holding hands. Buffy's got Spike, Dawn and Giles in between her and the people who raised her, and Willow is the farthest away from Buffy. Also, when the song starts out there's a clear split in the stage blocking, with Spike & Buffy apart from the core group, and Anya and Dawn both off by themselves. I wonder if that's significant.

The hand holding positioning is interesting in light of Restless, though, especially if you theorize that Buffy playing in the sandbox was supposed to represent both herself and Dawn. So in that scene in Restless, you had Buffy, Giles, Spike & Dawn in one group on the playground, and the people who raised Buffy in the ice cream truck. Xander starts out torn between them, but then ends up in the ice cream truck.

some people watch television. others *watch* television. many of the things Jean has said about the promo have made me sit back and nod my head in awed contemplation.