Joss Whedon is here to explain himself, even if that means making things much, much worse. In a recent feature for New York, Whedon sat down to address the wave of allegations in the last couple years that have turned him from a once beloved filmmaker and show runner, whose esteemed reputation was staked on his feminist bona fides, to instead a Hollywood pariah outed for a pattern of tyrannical and questionable behavior behind the scenes.
Yet, if the story initially seems to set up a sympathetic and nuanced portrait of Whedon, it is only to build a platform for the prolific creator to elaborately dig himself further into a hole. The story, which reports on the accounts of many of his past collaborators, is filled with a litany of not only allegations of Whedon’s dubious and even abusive behavior, but also his own bizarre excuses and defenses in response to the accusations.
