Buffy: Um... uh, there was a, a cat. A cat here, and, um, then there was a-another cat ... and they fought. The cats. And ... then they left.
This dialogue was to disguise the scene after she has killed a vampire.
We learn more about the professor in an obituary:
....Lavery, director of graduate studies in English at MTSU, is best known for his literary explorations of shows such as "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer," "The X-Files," "Twin Peaks," “The Sopranos,” “Gilmore Girls,” “Mad Men,” “Lost,” “Breaking Bad,” among others, and has written more than 20 books on popular culture.
.... His insight and scholarly study of cultural phenomena of television enriched the understanding of colleagues, peers and students.....
David Lavery's wife, Joyce Lavery, said she's seeing evidence of her husband's "profound impact" on students and colleagues.....His popular culture expertise became well-known, she said.
“Popular culture and media studies, he always equated as the Shakespeare of the day. They were very important influences … influencing how you thought about the world, that these things were just as important as traditional literature,” Joyce Lavery said. “He saw those shows as very complex.”....
Although his approach to literature was outside of the box, [Dr. Rebecca] King said Lavery was still well-respected by colleagues and well-liked because of his "congenial manner and his easy self-disclosure."
"He was originally a scholar on Owen Barfield, who was a member of the Inklings and an important influence on C.S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. That possibly explains the direction his scholarship took, perhaps, when he began working in film studies, years before it was considered a 'real' area of scholarship," said King, who was a colleague of Lavery's for more than 20 years.
King said Lavery eventually moved into the realm of television, paving a way for that area of scholarship to be recognized as valuable.
"He pioneered work in that area, writing books and editing collections of essays. He was so fond of saying that he had heard people call him the 'father of Buffy studies,' referring to his landmark book on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' and certainly that work took him all over the world as a speaker."
Lavery's most recent accomplishment included organizing a conference at MTSU on the TV series "Mad Men," which was attended by people from all over the world, King noted.
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David Lavery's wife, Joyce Lavery, said she's seeing evidence of her husband's "profound impact" on students and colleagues.....His popular culture expertise became well-known, she said.
“Popular culture and media studies, he always equated as the Shakespeare of the day. They were very important influences … influencing how you thought about the world, that these things were just as important as traditional literature,” Joyce Lavery said. “He saw those shows as very complex.”....
Although his approach to literature was outside of the box, [Dr. Rebecca] King said Lavery was still well-respected by colleagues and well-liked because of his "congenial manner and his easy self-disclosure."
"He was originally a scholar on Owen Barfield, who was a member of the Inklings and an important influence on C.S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. That possibly explains the direction his scholarship took, perhaps, when he began working in film studies, years before it was considered a 'real' area of scholarship," said King, who was a colleague of Lavery's for more than 20 years.
King said Lavery eventually moved into the realm of television, paving a way for that area of scholarship to be recognized as valuable.
"He pioneered work in that area, writing books and editing collections of essays. He was so fond of saying that he had heard people call him the 'father of Buffy studies,' referring to his landmark book on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' and certainly that work took him all over the world as a speaker."
Lavery's most recent accomplishment included organizing a conference at MTSU on the TV series "Mad Men," which was attended by people from all over the world, King noted.
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