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cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/22187363
Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman had the longest of mistiest paths to becoming a TV show, three decades after the DC Vertigo comic’s debut. The hesitation was down to the fantasy author resisting several awful movie attempts, and too much could have gone wrong in adapting the infinitely layered fantasy story, but Netflix brought a lugubrious and stunning spectacle to screens (full of Life Amid Death) as the first three graphic novels were initially adapted.
The second season has taken years to come together, which isn’t unheard of for a Netflix fantasy series with heavy VFX. Sadly, this could also conceivably be the final season, given that several Gaiman projects (like Amazon’s Good Omens) have been cut short, cancelled, or apparently indefinitely paused in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against the author (as initially reported by Tortoise Media). Those accusations do make the show’s bonus “Calliope” story hit differently than when the episode first surfaced, but that’s not a discussion for today. The Sandman‘s second season is still coming, so let’s (awkwardly) sift through what we can expect.
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How many episodes will we see? The first season brought 10 initial episodes and a bonus hour, but Netflix has not offered a count for the second season. However, Redanian Intelligence has passed on the rumor that we could see 12 new episodes of The Sandman when the show returns. This seems too good to be true, so we will await official word on that note, but the second season will leap headlong into Season Of Mists, the fourth graphic novel (considered the favorite volume of many The Sandman fans).
An aging millionaire writer has admitted to having rough sex with young women he is employing. So, even in the most positive reading of this, the difference in power makes this problematic (on a similar level to the accusations made against Warren Ellis). The fact that the women say they didn’t consent further compounds the problem. Unfortunately, in a lot of sexual assault cases, it can come down to he-said-she-said, which us why securing a prosecution can be really difficult. It doesn’t mean we can’t ignore statements from two women about it. I suppose the problem is, like Ellis, the is no real resolution.
The problem with claims made or modified decades later on a antiwoke right wing podcast that has spoken out against women’s empowerment is that they can’t be taken seriously. Yeah, sleeping with someone you’re paying is bad, ideally no one ever has sex with anyone, ever, but realistically things happen and decades later someone might change their mind about what was consensual for money.