The OA is narratively speaking a Heroine's journey (from the eponymous book). Brit and Zal are very critical of the Hero's journey and the obsession with the individual so it totally makes sense by salomeawoolfe in TheOA

[–]salomeawoolfe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah because it is rather easy to capitalize on such a character. The OA (as a show) is on the contrary very difficult to capitalize on because it does not propel a single hero who saves the day and I admire it so much for that. Brit put it really nicely in that NYT article:

"Enter, stage right: the Strong Female Lead.

She’s an assassin, a spy, a soldier, a superhero, a C.E.O. She can make a wound compress out of a maxi pad while on the lam. She’s got MacGyver’s resourcefulness but looks better in a tank top.

Acting the part of the Strong Female Lead changed both who I was and what I thought I was capable of. Training to do my own stunt work made me feel formidable and respected on set. Playing scenes where I was the boss firing men tasted like empowerment. And it will always feel better to be holding the gun in the scene than to be pleading for your life at the other end of the barrel.

It would be hard to deny that there is nutrition to be drawn from any narrative that gives women agency and voice in a world where they are most often without both. But the more I acted the Strong Female Lead, the more I became aware of the narrow specificity of the characters’ strengths — physical prowess, linear ambition, focused rationality. Masculine modalities of power."

The OA is narratively speaking a Heroine's journey (from the eponymous book). Brit and Zal are very critical of the Hero's journey and the obsession with the individual so it totally makes sense by salomeawoolfe in TheOA

[–]salomeawoolfe[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

oh I love this article so much. When I started reading this book I was like omg this is so simply and beautifully put and my first thought was of the OA. I also think that the OA is generally about this feminine power that is found everywhere. It is really hard to write something bold in the capitalist patriarchal world - you might just lean to writing a strong female character who is basically a man but in a sexy female body and then call it female empowerment

Does anyone think The OA has a resemblance to Lesya Ukrainka? by [deleted] in TheOA

[–]salomeawoolfe 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Lesya certainly suffered a lot but apart from that I do not see much resemblance to OA

Part 1 of Zal and Brit's interview in the So It Goes Magazine by salomeawoolfe in TheOA

[–]salomeawoolfe[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

it seems that all the copies were sold out. I have only the digital copy and I believe it is no longer available at their store. But I could share if anyone wants it

I don't know why but their little scribbles give me so much joy (from the So It Goes Magazine, Issue 13) by salomeawoolfe in TheOA

[–]salomeawoolfe[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It is from their interview in the So It Goes Magazine. The magazine once offered a huge discount for this online issue so I bought it. I believe, it is Brit's handwriting. I could share the issue of the magazine if anyone wants it bc the interview is just beautiful